Let’s Talk About the Waiting List

March 29, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allie Shinn, Director of External Relations, ACLU of Okla., ashinn@acluok.org, 405-525-3831 Gary Taylor, Legal Director, ODLC, gary@okdlc.org, 405-436-8211 Oklahoma City, OK – Following the State of Oklahoma’s passage of supplemental funding to avoid its threatened termination of community disability services, the federal district court dismissed Anderson v. Lake,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 18, 2020 PRESS CONTACT: Brian Wilkerson, Director of Litigation and Legal Services 918-347-5146 brian@okdlc.org Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. requests Governor Stitt immediately ensure all future COVID-19 press briefings are accessible for nearly 395,700 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Oklahomans Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. (ODLC) is requesting Governor Stitt and…

January 22, 2018 – ODLC was alerted to a series of articles written by Oklahoma Watch reporter Jennifer Palmer regarding disability discrimination by schools that offer tax credit tuition scholarships, which are administered by the Oklahoma’s Opportunity Scholarship Fund (OSF). Following publication of these articles, ODLC received a complaint regarding these schools and the alleged…

Warming stations are set up in Tulsa and Oklahoma City: Tulsa- John 3:16 Mission 506 N. Cheyenne Ave Salvation Army Center of Hope 102 N Denver Ave Tulsa Day Center, 415 W. Archer Street Denver Avenue Bus Station 319 S Denver Ave. Oklahoma City- Homeless Alliance Day Shelter 1729 N.W. 3rd St. City Rescue Mission…

“We don’t want people having to leave our state just to get better services,” said the girl’s attorney, Brian Wilkerson, director of litigation and legal services at the Oklahoma Disability Law Center. “If your only coverage is through SoonerCare, we’re leaving a large number of citizens that need these vital services out in the cold.”…

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