Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they ...
Black and underserved communities face disparities in health care access, employment, and insurance coverage. The new Norton West Louisville Hospital aims to bridge the health care accessibility gap ...
DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...
A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.” Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was ...
Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities,... When Ari Ne'eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call ...
This sign shows numbers and groups of Americans benefiting from the federal Medicaid program, which is being threatened with deep cuts proposed in the “Big Beautiful Bill” being debated at the Capitol ...
Each July, our community observes Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate our experiences and show the world how people with disabilities move through and experience that world in a variety ...
The birthday of Ed Roberts, “the father of the disability rights movement,” was a perfect day to launch of the new-to-Long Beach RS Venture 16 sailboat in partnership with California ...
Zona Roberts, recognized as the “grandmother of the disability rights movement” has died at the age of 104. Described as “the embodiment of fierce love” by Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, the executive ...
Disability Rights Maine is Maine’s designated Protection and Advocacy agency, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization authorized and mandated to protect and advocate for the rights of Maine people with ...
The debate over the reconciliation bill in Congress, with its deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, is causing shock and despondency for people with disabilities and their family members who have spent ...