Disability Rights
French TikTok Duo Golo & Ritchie Score B.O Hit With Doc Challenging Misconceptions Around Disability
By Melanie Goodfellow August 28, 2024 11:13pm ...
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For Canadians with disabilities, getting a medical diagnosis can be ‘privileged position’
By Destiny Meilleur Posted September 7, 2024 ...
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‘Who looks after me?’ More than 40% of disability carers have disability themselves – and they need more support
Published: September 23, 2024 9:45pm EDT ...
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Parents with disabilities have faced discrimination for years in the US, but new rules will help ensure that child welfare systems treat them more fairly
Published: September 24, 2024 8:30am EDT ...
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‘We want to make disability golf a mainstream sport’
Published 25 September 2024 Image caption,Lawlor ...
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After legal setback, Wisconsin voters with disabilities continue battle for electronic ballots
The plaintiffs are now asking the ...
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Student cellphone limits raise concerns over disability rights
Advocates say screen time limits could ...
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North Texas student pens book to encourage and inspire students with disabilities
'In CHARGE of My Life' was ...
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Awareness to Action: The Progress and Future of UK Disability Laws
Stephanie Compson Josephine Rendall-Neal August 15, ...
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How and Why to Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month
September 16, 2024 Each October, during National ...
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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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