Disability Rights
Deaf professor files civil rights lawsuit against Penn State, alleges disability discrimination
Bret Pallotto Tue, February 18, 2025 ...
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Genetic info would be shielded from life, disability, long-term care insurance under Nebraska bill
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Indiana is one of 17 states suing over a federal law that protects students with disabilities
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‘Lifeline’ for Arizonans with disabilities could run out of money in April
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Maryland disability advocates warn proposed $200 million budget cut imperils vital work
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House committee hears legislation on pretrial hearings for death penalty for intellectually disabled
February 6, 2025 8:44 AM By: ...
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Remote work was a boon for people for disabilities. What happens as employers pull back?
Gene Myers Feb. 10, 2025 On ...
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‘Kick in the teeth’: Disabled federal workers fear for their jobs after Trump remarks
Jessica Guynn Feb. 5, 2025 As ...
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People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don’t direct air traffic
January 30, 2025 8:22 PM ET ...
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Kansas advocacy organizations offer strategy for curtailing waitlist for disability services
Plan targets yearslong wait for people ...
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Hundreds from NJ disability community rally in Trenton against GOP Medicaid cuts
Gene Myers March 6, 2025 Every morning, Kevin Nunez begins his day with the help of a personal aide — an assistant funded by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program that…
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US Education Department to investigate DC schools’ treatment of disabled students
The announcement of the DCPS investigation comes as President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order as early as Thursday to shut down the entire Education Department By Andrea…
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Supreme Court sides against veterans wanting stronger benefit of the doubt review in disability claims
Advocacy groups argue veterans have, for more than a century, been entitled to the benefit of the doubt for service-connect disability payments. Maureen Groppe March 5, 2025 WASHINGTON − The Supreme…
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Advocates Rally Against Removal of Disability Rights at Capitol
Texas v. Becerra would remove rights under Section 504 By Lucciana Choueiry, 4:40PM, Wed. Mar. 5, 2025 On Tuesday, a coalition of disability rights activists gathered outside the Texas State Capitol, braving the…
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Maryland disability advocates speak out against proposed $200 million service cut
By Tara Lynch Updated on: March 3, 2025 / 11:30 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. With April and the state’s budget deadline looming, Maryland disability advocates went door…
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Wicked’s Jenna Bainbridge on Reframing Nessarose’s ‘Tragic’ Disability
By Esme Mazzeo Twenty-one years in, she’s the first disabled actor to play Elphaba’s sister, who uses a wheelchair, on Broadway. In the second act of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway,…
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With budget shortfall, Idaho disability job aid agency faces scrutiny from federal, state government
Feb 24, 2025 | 4:25 pm ET By Kyle Pfannenstiel An Idaho government agency that helps people with disabilities with employment is continuing to face scrutiny — from auditors and state…
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These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest
By CORA LEWIS Updated 4:01 AM CST, February 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Safarik, 32, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has worked in the food industry since he was 21, delivering…
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Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters
After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows. Feb. 23,…
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Colorado bill protecting disabled people from institutionalization advances
By Olivia Young February 20, 2025 / 7:49 PM MST / CBS Colorado Protection from institutionalization for disabled people is a right that has been federally guaranteed since a 1999 Supreme Court…
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