March 2021

Some disability rights advocates describe Michigan's expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility as insufficient. Starting Monday, people aged 16 and over with disabilities or certain illnesses will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.…

People with disabilities face enormous and tragic discrimination that violates their most basic right to life. The coronavirus pandemic has brought these many additional threats to light. Evidence that individuals with Down syndrome are…

Essential tremor is a condition that affects 2.2% of the American population - approximately 1 in 25 adults over 40 and 1 in 10 over 75 years of age. It is very difficult and frustrating for such adults to have a cup of coffee…

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Visiting Professor Michael Ashley Stein '88, Executive Director of the Project on Disability at Harvard Law School, and Professor William P. Alford '77, Co-Founder of Project HPOD, were awarded the National Order of Merit by the…

Ireland finally ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) three years ago this month and eleven years after it was signed. The CRPD is an international human rights treaty, the aim of which is…

Marisol Ramos, left, wipes excess makeup off her daughter Naomi's cheek as the family prepares for a shopping spree in 2017. Naomi is mentally retarded and spent years on a waiting list before finally receiving government-funded services.…

Good Sunday morning, and welcome to Brunch, Florida Politics’ pop-up email running through the end of the 2021 Legislative Session. Vaccines are flowing, and we can’t wait to get back to some semblance of normalcy … like a mask-free brunch!…

10.6kViewsDown syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused by the presence of a extra chromosome. People with Down syndrome have a third copy of chromosome 21 in whole or in part. Down syndrome is no disease and therefore does not…

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY Inc. by Dennis De Peiza The annual observance of the Month of the Disabled is intended to raise…