Tag Archives: nurses

Deaf Mom-to-be gives Birth in the Wrong Hospital?

By Disability Independence Group, Inc. |

“Hello this is Byron, Cheylla needs your help…” As a lawyer practicing civil law, you rarely receive a cry for help at 8:45 in the evening from a client. I knew that it was happening again – another client who is Deaf that could not get an interpreter for medical care. I represent Cheylla… Read More »

Institutionalization of Medically Complex Children

By Disability Independence Group, Inc. |

A.R. v. Dudek – the efforts to give children with disabilities the care they need. Florida has been home for approximately three thousand children with severe disabilities who require constant nursing care or supervision on a 24-hour per day basis to stay alive. These disabilities could be the result of a trauma, such as… Read More »