Disability Rights

Women Behaving Badly

Colin Pattinson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Internet, Women, Disability, South Korea, Bullying, Disability Rights, Online Bullying, Mental Health, Mental Health Stigma, World News

There is an abundance of criticism to be found expelled on the Internet but little compassion. These stories should highlight the failings of care for the disabled.

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The "R" Word

Jamie Davis Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: People First Respectful Language Modernization Act, D.C. Playgrounds, Disability, Mentally Retarded, MoveOn.Org, Move On, Disability Rights, DC News

Until we change this thinking, and our parlance, too many will continue to think of individuals with disabilities not as people who are valuable members of society, but as something less.

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Eight In Ten Disabled Americans 'Outside The Workforce'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Disabled, Labor, Americans With Disabilities Act, Economy, Disability Rights, Labor Department, Hiring, Economic Recovery, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON -- With an unemployment rate of 13 percent among workers with disabilities, the Obama Administration is now wielding one of the few sticks ...

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Unemployed And Seeking Shelter From The Storm

AOL Daily Finance | Catherine New | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Aol Daily Finance, 2008 Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Aol, Unemployment Rate, Great Recession, Disability Rights, Unemployment Benefits, Catherine New, Business News

Kyle and Desiree Bates face a financial double whammy. Kyle, 39, is on long-term disability to recover from brain surgery that resulted from hydroceph...

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WATCH: Org Starts Program To 'Ramp Up' Mobility For Disabled In Need

Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Disabled, Ramps, Disability, Human Needs Network, Ramp It Up, Disability Rights, Mobility, Helping Others, South Carolina, Impact News

Several nonprofits in South Carolina are joining together to give area disabled a pathway to mobility. In April, the Human Needs Network founded a p...

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For People With Disabilities In Two States, Opposite Fates

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Group Homes, Housing, Disabilities, Stanley-Ligas, Disability Rights, Chicago, Addiction, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles, Disability Housing, Impact News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. When people ask Stanley Ligas, a 43-year-old with Down syndrome, why he wa...

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White House to Decide if Treaty for the Blind Moves Forward

James Love | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Copyright Treaty for the Blind, WIPO Treaty for the Blind, Copyright, Disabilities, Wipo, Disability Rights, Intellectual Property Laws, Intellectual Property, Treaty for the Blind, Copyright Laws, Politics News

Beginning June 15, the World Intellectual Property Organization begins nine days of negotiations on possible copyright treaties. The first days will be spent on a proposed treaty on exceptions to copyright for persons who are blind or have other disabilities.

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When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid?

Cory Silverberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Performance Art, Social Justice, Activism, San Francisco, Sexuality, Disability Rights, Arts News

On April 8 the performance project and arts incubator Sins Invalid will unveil their newest production in San Francisco. In a culture that's at once ...

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The Sky Is the Limit for People With Disabilities

Shantha Rau Barriga | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accessibility, Human Rights, Disability, Airlines, Human Rights Watch, Disability Rights, Politics News

With increasing security at airports around the world, flying has grown more stressful for all of us. But for people with disabilities, flying can be particularly daunting.

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Breaking Through the Silence: HIV and the Deaf

Shantha Rau Barriga | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Disability, Uganda, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch, Deaf, Africa, World Aids Day 2010, Disability Rights, World AIDS Day, .Sex, HIV Cure, Lord's Resistance Army, World News

Imagine the experience of Erica, an HIV-positive deaf woman in Uganda. Erica's children are beaten by her neighbors. When they played with local children, they were told to go away. They were told, "You'll spread deafness to my family."

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Writing hard stuff for children

Katharine Quarmby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Children With Learning Disabilities, Equality, Disability, Hate Crimes, Learning Disabilities, Disability Rights, Healthy Living News

I'm nearly at the end of nine months hard slog on my first non-fiction book for adults, - the secret history of disability hate crime. It's not a chee...

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Is the Tea Party a Threat to Disabled Americans?

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul, Sharron Angle Nevada Senate, Tea Party, November Election, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Disability Rights, Politics News

If you or a loved one has a disability, you need to know how the Tea Party threatens you.

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Addressing a Missed Opportunity

Shantha Rau Barriga | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disability, Development, Millennium Development Goals, Disability Rights, World News

Why does the United Nations blueprint for lifting the world's poorest out of poverty not make any mention of people with disabilities? According to th...

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ADA at 20: California to NY

John Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disability, California, American With Disabilities Act, New York, Advocacy, Disability Rights, New York News

On July 26, 2010, I was on the capitol steps in Sacramento, California celebrating with 250 people the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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ADA at 20: The View From the States

David Adkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Council of State Governments, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disabled, Disability Rights, State Disability Policy, Disability Policy, Federal Disability Policy, Ada, Politics News

For Americans living with a disability, the future of the services they depend on to live is tied to a host of tough budget choices and Byzantine requirements faced by policymakers in the state house as well as the White House.

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Renters: Know Your Health Rights

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Asthma, Environment, Disability, Low-Income, Health, Housing and Urban Development, Safety, Disability Rights, Healthy Living News

Mold, mites and insect droppings can worsen the symptoms of asthma and other illnesses. But some patients tell me it's impossible to reduce exposure to toxins. Why? They live in rental housing.

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Invisible Women

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Human Rights, International Women's Day, Women's Health, Human Rights Watch, Disability Rights, World News

Women and girls with disabilities face issues such as forced sterilization, domestic violence and sexual assault; they are often denied the right to be married, to attend school or get a job.

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Deaf People Speak Out Against Hearing Actor Portraying Deaf Role

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deafness, Theater, Acting, New York Theater, New-York-Theater-Workshop, Deaf, Disability Rights, Entertainment News

The normal education in the US involves extensive training in speech for deaf people. While not all will end up speaking in ways that might work on stage, so many can.

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Autism: The Last Human Rights Movement

William Stillman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Autism, Parenting, Health, Disability Rights, Advocacy, Asperger's Syndrome, Healthy Living News

The children diagnosed with autism today may always require some degree of physical assistance for living in a leaden shell, but that doesn't invalidate their entitlement to participate, contribute, and to simply be.

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At Sestak Town Hall, Disability Activists Draw Their Own Red Line on Long-Term Care Funding

Daniel Denvir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Disability, Medicaid, Public Option, Health Care, Disability Rights, Politics News

In a debate dominated by crazed, gun-toting teabaggers and a series of incoherent Democratic proposals, disability rights activists present an undercovered--angle on health care reform.

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The Disability, Health Care and Employment Connection

Ari Ne'eman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Social Security, Disability Rights, Employment, Health Care Reform, Autism, Disability, Disability-Benefits, Medicare, Neurodiversity, Medicaid, Politics News

Amy, a 22-year-old with a spinal cord injury, is caught in a vicious catch-22. If she goes to work, she will lose the assistance that makes it possible for her to work and live independently in the first place.

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