Human Dignity for People with Disabilities (Originally posted on FDL's The Seminal.) December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the ...

With a successful first year in the rear-view mirror, Disability Awareness Day is looking to be bigger and better than ever ...

An increasing number of people with developmental disabilities are falling through the cracks of Medicaid, going months ...

The study would also review the way in which human rights mechanisms, including the treaty monitoring bodies, are considering the issue of disability. Back to top FOOTNOTES: * A/56/150.

The remarkable strides in human rights for people like Penny rest on the shoulders of parents who insisted on loving their children at home, rather than in institutions, and upon disability self ...

Human rights This rise in harassment is dangerous for people with disabilities – not only physically and mentally, but also in terms of their human rights. If these attitudes are left ...

A new report from Human Rights First released today finds that people with disabilities in Ukraine are being left without adequate housing, care, or protection. As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, ...

In an April meeting with Human Rights Watch, the Social Policy Ministry promised to adopt a new plan to support community-based living for people with disabilities, including those in state-run ...

Disability advocates and scholars note how educational practices and policies continue to maintain a new form of institutionalization for people with disabilities, without the bricks and mortar of ...

Organizations representing people with disabilities, the UN – including the Special Rapporteur on Disability, and even the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly and Commissioner for Human ...

A company that makes huge profits from providing medications — many of which are for people with disabilities — now has the audacity to attack our ability to be included in the fabric of society.

Courtesy Morgan's Wonderland The 53-year-old father began his pursuit of helping those with disabilities when he founded The Gordon Hartman Family Foundation after selling off his homebuilding ...