disability
- www.motherjones.com The two states where the GOP is taking on ableist language
In a rare bipartisan push, Republicans are championing disability rights in Nevada and North Dakota.
- www.motherjones.com The first class-action suit against a mask ban just dropped
In New York's Nassau County, you need a cop's permission to mask up.
- www.statnews.com Clinical trials exclude disabled Americans because federal agencies failed them, new report finds
National Council on Disability found that federal agencies implicitly and explicitly exclude people with disabilities from clinical trials.
- www.motherjones.com Disability advocates fear New York will gut a vital home care program
Gov. Kathy Hochul claims rampant fraud. Audits disagree.
- www.propublica.org This Guardian Enriched Herself Using the Finances of Vulnerable People In Her Care. Judges Let It Happen.
Judges allowed one of New York’s most prolific guardians to engage in apparent self-dealing as she transferred $1.5 million of her wards’ money to her own company.
- theconversation.com How people with disabilities got game − the surprisingly long history of access to arcade and video sports
A pioneering effort that allowed a teenager with a neck injury to play pinball sheds light on today’s vibrant community of esports players with disabilities.
- www.motherjones.com Rideshare to vote? Not so easy when you're disabled.
Voters with wheelchairs and other mobility aids face steep challenges in November.
- www.motherjones.com What it's like to run for office as a young, blind person
Disability rights are at the heart of Madeline Ryan Smith's campaign against a 20-term GOP incumbent.
- www.salon.com Sonya Massey killing underscores disproportionate police violence against Black and disabled people
"Black disabled people are particularly seen as problematic in the eyes of the state and a threat," expert says.
- theconversation.com Stroke survivors may be saddled with an invisible disability known as spatial neglect – but a simple treatment offers significant improvement
About half of those recovering from a stroke or a brain injury have spatial neglect. But prism adaptation therapy – noninvasive and easy to administer – can help.
- www.motherjones.com Project 2025 is twisting disability rights law to attack abortion
The right-wing influence op has hit "the bottom of the barrel," one expert said.
- www.salon.com "Video games are so universal": HBO doc "Quad Gods" reveals the disability esports team on a mission
Director Jess Jacklin and competitor Prentice Cox discuss how technology can help healing and inclusivity
- truthout.org GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions
Under Alabama’s SB 1, people who assist voters with absentee ballot applications could face a 20-year prison sentence.
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Court revives case against EMTs who put woman in body bag when she wasn't dead
lawandcrime.com Court revives case against EMTs who put woman in body bag when she wasn't deadWhen an embalmer opened the body bag, they discovered Timesha Beauchamp was still alive. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital and placed on a ventilator where she lived for six additional weeks.
- www.motherjones.com States could help disabled people survive climate change—by working with them
Independent living centers save lives in dire weather. Why don't they get a say in disaster plans?
- www.motherjones.com How the war in Gaza makes life nearly impossible for disabled people
"Some children think that their legs might grow again. This is one of the saddest things that we hear on a regular basis."
- theconversation.com Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
Disabled people are experts in using – and designing – assistive technologies. They have lessons to offer everyone about keeping control when help is offered.