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Room in Albany courthouse for foster kids to read, play video games
ALBANY — Spouse and children Court docket judges preside more than some of the saddest conditions in the Capital Region. And outdoors their courtrooms, it might be just as bleak — in particular for a little one in foster treatment. The kids usually wait on benches all over distressed litigants making ready for instances that include boy or girl custody and visitation legal rights, juvenile delinquency, abuse and neglect, contested matrimonial issues and maybe the decline of parental rights. It can get ugly. Which is why on Friday, Albany County Govt Daniel McCoy, a county commissioner and a number of judges were in Household Court on Clinton Avenue to unveil…
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Blind people still get medical bills they can’t read : Shots
Lucy Greco (left), a web-accessibility specialist at the University of California, Berkeley, is blind. She reads most of her documents online, but employs Liza Schlosser-Olroyd as an aide to sort through her paper mail every other month, to make sure Greco hasn’t missed a bill or other important correspondence. Shelby Knowles for KHN hide caption toggle caption Shelby Knowles for KHN Lucy Greco (left), a web-accessibility specialist at the University of California, Berkeley, is blind. She reads most of her documents online, but employs Liza Schlosser-Olroyd as an aide to sort through her paper mail every other month, to make sure Greco hasn’t missed a bill or other important correspondence.…
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