KANSAS CITY, Mon. - Commercial air travel is exhausting enough. For families with children - and adults - with special needs, waiting at the airport terminal is a multitude of challenges.That's why the Kansas City…
Spears is physically fit, beautiful, and successful. It's not what disability narratives have historically valued over the years.Everyone has an opinion about Britney Spears, even if they think they don't. Since the pop star's…
“People strive to look the same on the right side as they do on the left,” says Antonio L. Alcorta, an ocularist in Fresno, California who adjusts, sculpts, and paints prosthetic eyes. Alcorta shot him when he was 18 months old Cousin…
A federal rule set under the Trump administration allows airlines to restrict the use of animals as disabled accommodation on flights.After surviving head trauma as a US Air Force photographer, Stacy Pearsall developed anxiety and seizures.…
Suzan Mubarak keeps an eye on her cell phone every Sunday afternoon. Then her boyfriend will call to let her know that he is out of her home for her weekly wave.Mubarak, 31, and Mitch Domier, 43, live a few miles…
TORONTO - Disabled people outside of the community are not prioritized in Canada vaccine rollout, and proponents say this is just another way not to protect their community.
“People with disabilities are only an…
Former project development manager at Disability Peterborough, Julie Fernandez, said there was a lack of "empathy" for disabled people who she feared would become increasingly isolated as a result of the proposed change.Council Chairman…
When it comes to the question of whether armed and uniformed police officers have a constant presence in the public school system, emotions are high on both sides of the dispute. The debate about school officials, as they are known, has…