KCBS TV Reporter Serene Branson interviews Ruthee Goldkorn, Executive Director of Ms. Wheelchair California Pageant, along with DRLC co-counsel Guy Ruttenberg of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

On Tuesday, March 29, Disability Rights Legal Center and Kirkland & Ellis LLP filed a complaint against Starline Tours of Hollywood on behalf of thousands of persons with mobility disabilities who are denied physical access to Starline's tours because of their disability. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges that Starline's tour buses are inaccessible to people who use wheelchairs. The complaint also alleges that Starline misrepresents the accessibility of its tour buses. Read the press release. The media has been covering the case. Online news site DisabilityScoop wrote the article "Hollywood Sightseeing Tours Violate ADA, Suit Alleges" and KCBS2 TV Los Angeles produced a news segment, "Disabled Beauty Pageant Winners Sue Hollywood Tour Bus Company" that aired on the Wednesday evening news at 11 p.m. KABC TV also reported on the case. 

Audrey Kraus, the director of the Children's Benefits Access Project, has been providing community training on how to effectively use the Children's Benefits Access Guide, posted online at the DRLC website on February 16, 2011. Ms. Kraus gave a presentation on the guide's uses at the CAA Certified Application Assistants (CAA) Network on March 18. CAA works with children and families, assisting them to enroll in, and keep, public health care coverage. By addressing the Network, Ms. Kraus is introducing the guide to professionals who work with the families of children with disabilities in Los Angeles County. They in turn can use their increased familiarity with the guide to provide those families with information about children's health care and related benefits. Ms. Kraus also presented to L.A. Care Health Plan's staff on March 25. Please visit the Children's Benefits Access Project page of the DRLC website to download the Children's Benefits Access Guide, or  contact Ms. Kraus at Audrey.Kraus@lls.edu for information on the trainings.

The Cancer Legal Resource Center would like to thank George Lemich from Roch Springs, Wyoming, Marc M. Meyer from Magnolia, Texas, Ivonne I. Rivera Hernandez from San Juan, Puerto Rico and Linda J. Vogel from Pomona, California for joining the CLRC's Professional Panel. Attorneys in the Professional Panel have agreed to volunteer their time to speak with callers on the CLRC's national Telephone Assistance Line, in an effort to assist in resolving cancer-related legal problems.