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Repost Episode: All About the State Budget

As we prepare for the 2022 Virginia General Assembly, we hope you all can learn about the Virginia State Budget budget in this repost episode, where we speak with dLCV st

Interview with Ryann Mason Pt. 2 All About Sex and Disability

Ryann Mason, Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, is BACK today to talk all about Sex and Disability. Ryann is many things, one of them being a sex educator, and she is passionate ab

Interview with Ryann Mason: Ms. Wheelchair Virginia

Today's episode is one of the greatest! We got to interview Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, Ryann Mason. Ryann shares all about the Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Pageant, her nursing

All About the CHRIS Database (and What We Do With It!)

Welcome back listeners! Today we are talking about all the CHRIS (Computerized Human Rights Information System) database and what we do with it. The CHRIS database is inf

Interview with the Department of Blind and Vision Impaired

Today on the podcast, we have Pam Cato & Dr. Rick Mitchell, from DBVI, Department of Blind and Vision Impaired, talking about the services they provide, inviting us, and

Interview with Dale Batton, DARS Deputy Director

Join us today for a delightful interview with Dale Batton, Deputy Director at DARS. DARS is the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and they provide services

Interview with Self Advocate Jay Crandell and father Joe

Today we interviewed former dLCV client and tremendous self-advocate, podcaster, and TBI survivor, Jay Crandell! Jay suffered a TBI on July 4, 2006 from a stray bullet wh

All About Advance Directives

Join us as we welcome back fan favorite, Dana Traynham, as she shares all about Advance Directives. In previous episodes we have spoken about Guardianship issues and supp

An Interview VDDHH / VDEM Staff Karen Brimm

Today we are joined by Karen Brimm, who wears many hats. Karen is the Community Services Manager of the Virginia Department for Deaf and Hard of Hearing and she is the ac

"I Care A Lot" Movie Discussion About Guardianship

Today we are discussing the new movie on Netflix, "I Care A Lot" regarding guardianship issues. If you haven't seen the movie yet, we recommend you watch it before listen

Housing Opportunities Made Equal with Regina Chaney

Join us today as our guest, Regina Chaney, joins us from Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME). Regina is the Community Engagement Specialist at HOME and shares with us

New Restraint and Seclusion Regulations in Public Schools

Join us today as we speak with dLCV Attorney, John Cimino regarding the recent changes to restraint and seclusion regulations in public schools. Surprisingly to us, Virgi

What is the Difference Between Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes?

Join us today as Senior Advocate Rhonda Thissen shares with us the differences between Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and Nursing Homes. dLCV does monitoring work at b

An Interview with the Office of Human Rights

Join us today for a special episode of Rights Here, Rights Now! We have the pleasure of interviewing Deb Lochart and Taneika Goldman from the Department of Behavioral Hea

Guardianship / Free Britney Movement

Today we are speaking with Dana Traynham all about legal guardianship. In this podcast we reference a documentary on Hulu, Framing Britney Spears by the New York Times. 

Post General Assembly 2021 with Colleen Miller

The 2021 General Assembly session is finally over and Colleen Miller is back to give us all the details on what went down! She goes in-depth on the bills we were tracking

All About Service Animals!

Service animals, emotional support animals, therapy animals...the list goes on and on. These terms are often used interchangeably but have very different meanings. Staff

dLCV's Work in Institutional Settings

Today we are joined by Institutional Rights Unit Manager, Becka Herbig. Becka shares with us all the work dLCV does on behalf of our clients who are in Department of Beha

All About Pre-Employment Transition Services for Youth

Today we talk to advocate, Rachel Loria all about Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Rachel shares with us how youth aged 14-21 can access these services throu

An Interview with the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance

In this episode, we interview several staff members from the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance. We do not go into anything graphic, but there are some s