Earlier this month, the UN Human Rights Committee delivered a damning report highlighting the US government’s failure to meet its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on […]
Know Your Rights | Know Your Digital Rights: Digital Discrimination in Hiring
In addition to federal protections, states have many laws protecting against discrimination and other unfair practices in employment that apply generally to digital discrimination and online hiring processes. […]
HHS Office of Civil Rights Settles with Massachusetts Skilled Nursing Facility Over Disability Discrimination
This latest measure sends a clear message to health care providers that it is unlawful to refuse to admit patients because they are undergoing treatment to recover. Today, […]
Gaza: Israeli Attacks, Blockade Devastating for People with Disabilities
(Jerusalem) – The Israeli government’s bombardment, blockade, and major ground offensive in Gaza is having a devastating toll on Palestinian civilians with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. […]
Disability-Accessible Election Technology Learning Series | IFES
In recent years, there have been abundant opportunities to leverage technology to support the electoral process. The growth of new technologies and the creative use of existing technologies […]
Disability Reporting Excellence Award winners announced
The National Center for Disability Journalism (NCDJ) today announced the winners of the 2023 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award and the Gary Corcoran Student Award for Excellence in Disability […]
Dodd Awards | Dodd Center for Human Rights
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and murder of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators. It was a process of destruction […]
Governor Newsom Proclaims 2023 Disability Employment Awareness Month
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring October 2023 as Disability Employment Awareness Month. The declaration and a copy of it can be found below. […]
This is how handicapped parking in Texas currently operates.
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‘This Camp Changed the World’: New Exhibit Traces Rise of Disability Rights Movement and Its Connection to UC Berkeley
From left to right: A Camp Jened brochure from the 1950s is one of many materials on display. Students pose in front of the University of California, Berkeley’s […]