Disability rights groups argue that a new guardianship law creates a two-tier system that strips people with intellectual ...
The attorneys' goals include ensuring that people with disabilities have the services they need to live in their own homes, instead of having to move into nursing homes or other types of institutions, ...
Agreement in A.A. v. Buckner, filed in 2021, requires state to implement new safeguards, assessments, and family-based ...
Kirby Lambert Shaw, a fixture in Hawaii's disability rights movement and head of the state's Disability and Communication ...
The Trump administration proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say DOJ pushed ...
Advocates argue that removing ASL interpreters denies deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans the ability to fully participate in civic life. Federal disability law requires reasonable accommodations to ...
The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...
A Georgia law creates a clearer process to determine intellectual disability before trial, strengthening long-sought protections in death penalty cases. Now, the state's interfaith leaders are ...
The audio version of this article is generated by Trinity Audio using AI narration. “It's a dream come true. I have a disability, and [LMU] has played a big role in my journey in life. This is a great ...
The Center for American Progress recently hosted a summit with more than 50 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights communities to identify the most pressing policy priorities they face.
The Greer Center was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where ...