February 18, 2021

One piece of big education news this week is the passage of legislation that would require all traditional public schools to bring students back to the classroom in some form or fashion. After a relatively minor disagreement last week, the…

Official figures have provided the first statistical evidence to suggest that unfair practices or discrimination within the NHS may have put disabled people at greater risk of dying from COVID-19 during the pandemic. The Bureau of National…

Activists seek "urgent" support for their attempt to improve the rights of disabled survivors of domestic violence through new government legislation. They say time is running out to secure support in the House of Lords for two important…

Written by Benjamin Freed February 18, 2021 | STATESCOOP When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States last March, many governors, mayors, health directors and…

Public health, vaccinations, and housing for the disabled are on the minds of readers this week. We need access to health care now more than ever As a key worker not meeting my employer's health care registration requirements, the…

Human Rights CouncilForty-sixth sessionFebruary 22 to March 19, 2021Agenda items 2 and 7Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports from the Office of the High Commissioner and the…

14.9kViewsFebruary 18 is International Asperger's Day, a still relatively unknown disorder in the general population. Today NeuronUP would like to discuss Asperger from a neuropsychological point of view.What is Asperger's…

The DUP is trying to restrict the recently liberalized abortion laws in Northern Ireland, which allow for severe non-fatal disabilities to be terminated until childbirth.The private member's bill to repeal the specific provision in the…

Supreme Court: Conflating the rights of PwDs with the notion of benchmark disabilities does a dis-serviceIn the case Vikash Kumar vs. Union Public Service Commission & Ors, the Supreme court held that conflating the rights and…

Jose Muniz prepares a COVID-19 vaccination at American research centers in Hollywood, Florida (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / TNS) People with developmental disabilities are at a significantly higher risk of dying from…