Disability accommodations made it possible for me to become a professor and are vital to the success of many of my disabled ...

Public schools could, and often did, force students with disabilities into separate classes regardless of their abilities. Businesses were not usually accessible to them, and employers could refuse to ...

the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was the culmination of decades of progress for disabilities rights. The movement began as an outshoot of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, gained ...

the disability rights movement, people from the private sector, researchers and the United Nations – to work together to change the narrative on disability, and to make human rights-based development ...

J ames LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

From the get-go, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that directed the erasure of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which dealt a major setback to the disabled rights movement. The ramifications ...

Background on the Draft Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Since 2001, there has been serious movement toward an international treaty ...

There have been enough recent instances of Donald Trump’s public words and deeds that should alarm anyone in New Jersey who cares about the rights and opportunities for members of the disabled ...

Hundreds gathered at De la Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara for a rally to Unite For Disability Rights of people with ...