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Voters with disabilities still confront obstacles to voting—a basic human and civil right. Although some strides have been made in recent years towards restoring access for all voters, according to a ...
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), and 80 other disability rights, civil rights, and public health organizations sent a letter to Secretary of ...
The Human Rights Commission has released its Disability Inclusion Report. A spokesperson said, “The Human Rights Commission ...
The nonprofit organization provides legal and advocacy services for people with disabilities across the state who have their civil and human rights violated. State law currently requires personal care ...
Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they've fought for rights before and won.
Today marks two years since the passing of Judy Heumann. A fierce advocate and member of Human Rights Watch’s Board of Directors, Judy was often hailed as the “Mother of the Disability Rights ...
It's been one year since the federal government handed down its response to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, ...
Then, there are the jarring claims made by the president’s nephew and disability advocate Fred Trump. In his 2024 book, Fred, whose adult son has significant developmental disabilities, states ...
Recent innovations in assistive technology and how that technology itself can be discriminatory were among the topics of ...
HB1382, sponsored by Rep. Jack Ladyman (R-Jonesboro) only targets Disability Rights Arkansas, or DRA, one of 57 protection and advocacy agencies in the United States and its territories.
The Department of Energy Is Quietly Slashing Disability Rights “If we don’t put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.” Julia Métraux Reporter Bio ...
Education Department serves as referee of disability rights cases Between 2021 and 2024, the department’s Office for Civil Rights received 27,620 complaints related to disability rights.