UVa Health Mobile Care is coming to Independence Resource Center
Concerns raised over Charlottesville utility poles placement violating ADA laws
“Lunch and Learn” discusses accessibility in houses
Disabled woman files Fair Housing suit against State Delegate March
Charlottesville Cardinals bring Wheelchair Basketball to Walton Middle School
Pregnant Women with Disabilities more likely to experience Partner Violence
Let’s Talk – Living with a Disability
Email Ballots with Screen Reader Technology Available to Charlottesville Absentee Voters with Disabilities
Governor Northam Launches Rent and Mortgage Relief Program to Assist Virginians Facing Eviction or Foreclosure
Cardinals Changing the Game and Lives
UVa Health Mobile Care is coming to Independence Resource Center
Aug 29 2024
UVA Health is excited to announce a new kind of care aimed at helping our communities to stay as healthy as possible. We are committed to caring not only for patients who come into our clinics, but also for the broader community, including those with the greatest gaps in healthcare.
Access to healthcare services can help to prevent sickness and promote well-being. UVA Health Mobile Care is here to help when:
• You can’t wait for an appointment with your regular provider and would like to be seen for a non-emergency situation
• You don’t yet have a regular provider in a clinic and want to establish care
• You have transportation limitations and need care close to home
Concerns raised over Charlottesville utility poles placement violating ADA laws
Aug 27 2024
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Concern has been raised over an ongoing ADA violation in Charlottesville.
The issue stems from where utility poles are placed, forcing some people off the sidewalk and onto the road.
“When you force people who use wheelchairs out into the street, you’re just asking for catastrophe,” Independence Resource Center Tom Vandever said. Read More
“Lunch and Learn” discusses accessibility in houses
Feb 9 2024
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) – Housing advocates are keeping the conversations going after the two days SAW Housing Summit that was held last year.
The topic of this most recent “Lunch and Learn” was centered around accessible housing and housing for older adults. Scott Pruett, Director of the Universal Design Project said why there is some accessibility legislation found under fair housing laws there is not a lot of regulations when it comes to accessibility in the housing market.
“The ADA does not apply to privately owned homes, it is more for commercial spaces,” said Scott Pruett.
Read More
Disabled woman files Fair Housing suit against State Delegate March
Dec 23 2022
A disabled Christiansburg woman who is renting an apartment in a boarding house owned by state Del. Marie March, R-Floyd County, has filed a complaint with the Virginia Fair Housing Board against March and her company, Big Bear Properties LLC. Read More
Charlottesville Cardinals bring Wheelchair Basketball to Walton Middle School
Nov 22 2022
The Charlottesville Cardinals team was at Walton Middle School demonstrating how they play and giving kids a chance to experience the game from their point of view. See More
Pregnant Women with Disabilities more likely to experience Partner Violence
Oct 19 2022
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A recent study by the University of Virginia says pregnant women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence in relationships.
“We also know that health care providers are less likely to discuss sexual and reproductive health care with this population, often viewing them as asexual. So, these women aren’t receiving critical information on contraception and other important aspects of sexual and reproductive health care,” Jeanne Alhusen said.
Women with disabilities also struggle to find help and resources if they do reach out for help. Read More
Email Ballots with Screen Reader Technology Available to Charlottesville Absentee Voters with Disabilities
Sep 30 2020
Governor Northam Launches Rent and Mortgage Relief Program to Assist Virginians Facing Eviction or Foreclosure
Jun 30 2020
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https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/all-releases/2020/june/headline-858911-en.html
Cardinals Changing the Game and Lives
Dec 4 2018
By Preston Willett |
Posted: Sat 10:24 PM, Dec 01, 2018 |
Updated: Sat 10:42 PM, Dec 01, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 SPORTS) — On this court the wheels are always turning, which is why the game can take time to come into focus.
“When people first see the sport,” Charlottesville Cardinals Coach Tom Vandever said, a local wheelchair basketball game, “All they see are the wheelchairs for about five minutes and then the wheelchairs fade away and that’s when they see the athletes.”
Every athlete has their story for how the sport came to them from bad knees to cancer.
“I was lucky I was able to kind of walk into it slowly,” Jacob Tyree said, who was nine-years-old when it was discovered he had a spinal cord tumor, “People who are in car accidents that’s like an instantaneous change of your life.”
“14-years-old I wrecked a bike and broke my back,” team captain Brandon Rush said, “So I was at a children’s rehab and the team came and did a demonstration there.”
For people like Rush and Tyree in one of their most trying times, the Charlottesville Cardinals opened a door to not only athletics but a community.
“This is my family man, I started playing with them when I was 14,” Rush said, “So they helped me grow up, they helped me mature for sure.”
“For a lot of players and athletes it changes their lives from that,” National Wheelchair Basketball Association Commissioner Buddy Barnes said, “They may have gone a certain path, but now they see things through a different light, through a different window actually.”
But make no mistake these athletes are here to play, especially the Cardinals, ranked in the top-ten nationally. With players coming from hours away to practice and play throughout the season.
“We do this on an everyday basis, this isn’t something we just oh yeah we kind of meat every once in awhile and do it as a pick up thing,” Tyree said,” Our players are in the gym multiple times a week, where we stick to a regiment, we watch what we eat.”
Their ultimate to goal to spread the game to everyone.
“Bring people out that have never seen wheelchair basketball before,” Tyree said, “Get them involved in the sport and it changes their life it really does.”