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The Essex County Library system is introducing a new self-service program that will allow for extended branch hours in rural communities.
Library CEO/Chief Librarian Robin Greenall said the Enhanced Community Access Services pilot project will be launched at the McGregor branch towards the end of the summer or early fall depending on when the COVID-19 pandemic eases.
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Funding has already been set aside for the Harrow branch to follow after the test run at McGregor.
State launches jobs website for growing developmental disabilities field
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The Office of Developmental Disabilities Services launched a website, ImpactOregon.careers, focused on available positions in the developmental disabilities field throughout Oregon.
Job seekers in Oregon will find hundreds of available jobs, ranging from direct care to administrative and managerial positions. In addition to the job postings, Impact Oregon also has a career profiles section, which highlights the way this field has room for growth and opportunity.
Job seekers statewide can browse available listings based on location, wage range and experience level. The goal of Impact Oregon is to reach Oregonians passionate about helping others who may not even be aware that this field exists.
Oregon Hospitals Didn t Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?
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At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a small group of disability rights advocates found itself in a race against time to save the life of a woman with an intellectual disability.
The woman was taken to the hospital with COVID-19. But the hospital, in a small Oregon town, denied the ventilator she needed. Instead, a doctor, citing her low quality of life, wanted her to sign a legal form to allow the hospital to deny her care.
Out of that quiet fight in early spring, the advocates â staff at a disability rights legal group, a state lawmaker and a few others â discovered something disturbing: There were many cases in Oregon of health care being rationed to people with disabilities.
Oregon Hospitals Didn t Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?
Masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.
Jenny Kane / AP
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a small group of disability rights advocates found itself in a race against time to save the life of a woman with an intellectual disability.
The woman was taken to the hospital with COVID-19. But the hospital, in a small Oregon town, denied the ventilator she needed. Instead, a doctor, citing her low quality of life, wanted her to sign a legal form to allow the hospital to deny her care.