Posted by Zacarian Sarao – 3 hours ago MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Bongbong R. Marcos Jr. has declared July 17 […]
Justice Department alleges Utah violates civil rights by ‘segregating’ adults with intellectual disabilities
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by “isolating” adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in jobs that offer limited opportunities for interaction […]
Utah violates civil rights laws and discriminates against people with disabilities
WASHINGTON (ABC4) — The U.S. Department of Justice released findings Tuesday that found the state of Utah “discriminates against young people and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities […]
New Director Brings Disability Law Expertise and Real-Life Experience to Disability Law and Policy Program — Syracuse University News
Katherine McFarlane, a leading expert in disability law, civil litigation, and civil rights litigation, joined the law faculty last summer to lead the groundbreaking Disability Law and Policy […]
PUBLIC AFFAIRS | Department of Justice finds Missouri unnecessarily placed mentally disabled adults in skilled nursing facilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and improperly relied on guardianship
The Department of Justice today announced the results of an investigation into the state of Missouri’s violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by […]
HHS Office for Civil Rights ensures people with disabilities can live in their homes and communities
OCR’s work ensures that people with disabilities receive services in the most integrated environment that meets their needs. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Short History of the 504 Sit in
by Kitty Cone In 1973 the first federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act was signed into law. What section 504 […]
Tracing the UN and India’s journey on disability rights | Latest News India
The inadequacies of this approach were subsequently recognised and the errors resulting from prejudice against people with disabilities were corrected. Until the 1970s, vestiges of the medical model […]
Tracing the UN and India’s journey on disability rights | Latest News India
{{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} After its founding in the mid-1950s, the United Nations initially approached disability from a welfare perspective, which was deeply rooted in the medical model […]
Seven years after Grenfell fire, disabled high rise residents ‘still at risk’ | Grenfell Tower fire
Seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, firefighters have warned that without evacuation plans, hundreds of thousands of disabled people living in high-rise buildings are at risk. […]