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A young man in a wheel chair with hands raised ,on the hill,

With disability rights under attack, history offers hope and a possible playbook

7:00am May 05, 2025

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.

This disabled woman built a career. A federal program that helped now penalizes her

12:00pm October 02, 2024

Supplemental Security Income provides the medical care that lets people work. But its rules are complex and out of date.

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Umesh Balal, an activist and member of the Indigenous Magar people of Nepal, says people with disabilities need to be part of the climate conversation.

This 28-year-old from Nepal is telling COP28: Don't forget people with disabilities

3:10pm December 12, 2023

by Ruchi Kumar

Umesh Balal is determined to make the voices of people with disabilities, young people and Indigenous people heard at the world's largest meeting on climate change.

Body camera video recorded the arrest of Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, in Loveland, Colo. Garner, then 73, has dementia and sensory aphasia.

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The Violent Arrest Of A Woman With Dementia Highlights The Lack Of Police Training

3:39pm June 15, 2021

by Leigh Paterson

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

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"There seems to be this sense where disabled people are kind of seen as oddities and forced to go through this world to be singled out and othered," says Imani Barbarin. "There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled pe

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#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters

6:27pm March 20, 2019

by Hafsa Quraishi

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

A Hacienda HealthCare location in Phoenix, where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth to a child last month. Police are now investigating the incident.

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After Patient In Vegetative State Gives Birth, Facility's CEO Resigns

7:47pm January 08, 2019

by Ian Stewart

Hacienda HealthCare is facing investigations after the birth. Staff at the Phoenix facility reportedly hadn't noticed she was pregnant.

Erika Harrell writes the Justice Department's annual report about crime against all people with disabilities.

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The Sexual Assault Epidemic No One Talks About

1:35pm January 08, 2018

by Joseph Shapiro

People with intellectual disabilities are the victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. But this epidemic receives little attention.

Thomas Mangrum of Washington, D.C., has used a wheelchair for 15 years. The company that provides his helper -- who assists him with his day-to-day activities — will have some tough choices to make once new regulations regarding overtime pay for low

New Overtime Rules May Put Squeeze On Caregivers For Those With Disabilities

8:38pm April 21, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

The regulations, expected in the coming weeks, would require employers to pay such caregivers more. But many won't be able to comply because they rely on Medicare reimbursements, which won't change.

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Speech-language pathologists Jill Tullman (left) and Mendi Carroll (right) work with Bryce Vernon at Talking with Technology Camp in Empire, Colo., on July 25.

Obamacare: People With Disabilities Face Complex Choices

7:59am August 15, 2013

by Eric Whitney

The Affordable Care Act sets up categories of essential health benefits that insurance plans must cover. Some categories, such as maternity care and drug abuse treatment, are straightforward. But "habilitative services" — including treatments like physical and speech therapy — are much more subjective.

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