Disability Rights
WHO/Europe launches first-ever technical advisory group on disability and health
18 November 2024 News release WHO/Europe ...
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‘A disabled South Park character from 24 years ago is getting me harassed today’
Alex Taylor 9 November 2024 I ...
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Amazon makes it harder for disabled employees to work from home
By Spencer Soper Nov. 15, 2024 at ...
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Biden moves to end subminimum wages for people with disabilities
By Jacqueline Alemany Updated December 3, 2024 The ...
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New Lego characters aim to represent hidden disabilities such as autism
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Wicked star denounces ‘aggressive’ and ‘deeply uncomfortable’ comments about character’s disability
Marissa Bode, who stars as Elphaba’s ...
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Illinois could phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers. Could it cost some their jobs?
By Sara Machi November 19, 2024 / ...
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Disabled Americans rely on rideshare apps but say they still face discrimination
By KENYA HUNTER Updated 9:15 AM CST, ...
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He was stuck in a hospital for 8 months. How states can fail people with disabilities
By Sam Whitehead November 21, 2024 11:39 ...
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Hearing loss is biggest disability among military veterans, expert says
Ahead of Veterans Day, an audiologist ...
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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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