UCP in the News

2013

• UVA Students Design Solar-Powered Wheelchair
  NBC29 Charlottesville, May 24, 2013

• Langley, NIA Students Design Award-Winning Wheelchair

     NASA News, May 24, 2013

• Breaking Bad Actor with Cerebral Palsy Talks About UCP

      UT TV, San Diego, April 13, 2013

• Breaking Bad

      Cantore and Woods, UT TV, May 6, 2013

• Arizona's Disability Services Rank 1st 

      Arizona Republic, May 2, 2013

• Thousands Offered For Disability Innovations
  Disability Scoop, January 15, 2013

2012

• A Life Without Limits: Closer Than You Think
  The Huffington Post, November 29, 2012 
   

• UCP Announces New Trustees, National Leaders- North Carolina Attorney Takes Helm as New Chair
  The Paramus Post, October 15, 2012

• Rya, Girl with Cerebral Palsy, Goes to School for the First Time
  The Huffington Post, September 6, 2012

• American Association of People with Disabilities Welcomes New Board Members
  AAPD News, June 29, 2012

• Kansas ranked 36th on disability report
  Dodge City Daily Globe & The McPherson Sentinel, June 19, 2012
   

• Survey finds quality of life for people with disabilities falling in Wisconsin; advocates recommend changes
  Isthmus | The Daily Page, June 15, 2012
   

• UCP's The Case for Inclusion annually ranks states on outcomes for people with ID/DD. New Interactive Website
  Disability.gov, June 7, 2012
   

• Warehousing the disabled
  Chicago Tribune: Letters to the Editor, June 4, 2012
   

• New Report on States' Performance in Medicaid Services Highlights the Need for Change
  AAPD News, June 1, 2012

• Arizona tops list for developmentally disabled services
  KTAR, May 29, 2012

• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Releases 50-State Ranking of Disability Services
  The Arc: The Capitol Insider Blog, May 29, 2012

• Disability Groups Use New Medicaid Report Findings & Resources As Guide In Advocacy For Progress, Against Failures In States
  The Paramus Post, May 25, 2012

• Az again No. 1 in developmentally disabled services
  Tucson Sentinel, May 25, 2012

• New Report Describe States' Progress and Failures in Delivering Services Under Medicaid
  AAPD News, May 25, 2012

• Ranking State Medicaid Programs
  Autism Policy and Politics Blog, May 25, 2012

• Ohio ranks 34 in UCP's "The Case for Inclusion" state comparison report
  Ohio Legal Rights Service, May 24, 2012 

• Arizona again earns No. 1 ranking for services for developmentally disabled
  Cronkite News, May 24, 2012

• Tennessee ranks low in serving disabled, advocacy group says
  The Tennessean, May 24, 2012

• Arizona Tops 50-State Ranking Of Disability Services
  Disability Scoop, May 23, 2012

• Circle K hands big check to United Cerebral Palsy
  Islandreporter.com, May 18, 2012

• CEO Richard Forkosh of United Cerebral Palsy Heartland receives National Leadership Award
  Carf International, May 15, 2012  

• Circle K Florida Donates Over Half A Million Dollars To UCP
  Convenience Store Decisions, May 10, 2012 

• Turning Wheelchairs Into Hot-Rods
  Huffington Post, April 4, 2012

• UCP Founder Will Be Missed
  Ability Magazine, April 3, 2012

• Don't Let Our Country Make a Long-Term Mistake
  CARING Magazine, March 2012

• Talking "Breaking Bad" and more with "Walt, Jr"
  OnMilwaukee.com, March 9, 2012

• 'Suburgatory' actress Cheryl Hines won't curb her enthusiasm for United Cerebral Palsy
  Orlando Sentinel, March 6, 2012

• Sarah Palin on Mothering a Special Needs Child (My Child Without Limits)
  Yahoo! News, February 9, 2012

• Seasoned Disability Rights Advocate Joins UCP
  ABILITY Magazine, February 6, 2012

• White House Plans Nine-City Disability Tour
  Disability Scoop, February 2, 2012

2011

• What's In and What's Out
  Association & Non-Profit Bisnow, December 23, 2011

• Perriello & Bennett: Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish for Americans With Disabilities
  Roll Call, November 18, 2011 

• "Super Committee" Cuts to Medicaid will Hurt People with Disabilities
  AlterNet, November 15, 2011

• Jessica Norwood: Fighting for Medicaid
  SoftRock 102.1 wdok radio, October 23, 2011

• Leading the National Fight to Preserve Medicaid for Disabled Americans
  The Bellingham Herald, September 28, 2011

• Stow Woman Leads National Fight to Preserve Medicaid for Disabled Americans
  Akron Beacon Journal, September 23, 2011

• Advocates shine spotlight on people with special health needs as White House weighs Medicaid cuts
  Healthcare Watch: The Hill's Healthcare Blog, July 14, 2011

• Obama, McConnell Anger Grass-Roots Allies
  Roll Call, July 14, 2011

• Medicaid 'under the bus'?
  Politico 44, July 12, 2011

• Vermont Tops National Ranking Of Disability Services
  Disability Scoop, April 28, 2011

• Boy Denied Communion Because of Cerebral Palsy
  ABC News, April 26, 2011

2010 

• Passenger: Airline said I'm 'too disabled' to fly alone
  CNN, October 15, 2010

• Cheryl Hines To Attend United Cerebral Palsy Charity Event
  Look to the Stars, June 15, 2010

• Cheryl Hines To Attend United Cerebral Palsy Charity Event
  The Internet Movie Database (IMBD), June 15, 2010
  

• Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines Promotes Awareness for Cerebral Palsy
  FOX 5 WTTG-TV News, June 17, 2010 (live broadcast & online)

• United Cerebral Palsy/Capability Scotland Reception
  Nigel Sheinwald, Ambassador, Washington, DC (British Ambassador’s blog), June 18, 2010

• Cheryl Hines daytrips to D.C.
  Politico CLICK, June 18, 2010

• HOH’s One-Minute Recess: No Comment
  Roll Call / Heard on the Hill, June 18, 2010

• Spotted: Cheryl Hines at the home of the British Ambassador
  K Street Kate, June 18, 2010

• Cheryl Hines laughs at Laurie David, Al Gore affair story
  Washington Examiner's Yeas & Nays, June 21, 2010

• Cheryl Hines Helps Celebrate Charity Event
  Look to the Stars, June 21, 2010
  

• United Cerebral Palsy & Capability Scotland Celebrate Efforts to Advance Rights for People with Disabilities at British Ambassador & Lady Sheinwald’s Embassy 
  Diplomatic Connections (print)

• Cutting Aid to the Disabled Is a Bad Way to Save Money
  The Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2010