Yearly Archives
2021
Wish to work for the betterment of specially-abled individuals? Rishiwood College is…
Ajay Gupta, co-founder of Rishihood University, spoke to Financial Express Online about problems people with disabilities face and his ideas for providing them with quality educationAccording to the TRRAIN HSBC Disability Employment Report…
BIPOC and Incapacity Advocates Zero In on Freeway Spending – Streetsblog USA
Reprinted with permission from "The Urbanist".On March 9, advocacy groups Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling on Washington state lawmakers to stop spending on…
New York Legalizes Leisure Marijuana
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law legalizing recreational marijuana on March 31, 2021. The legalized use of marijuana is effective immediately, although retail marijuana sales are unlikely to begin until mid-2022. This change…
Senate Panel Takes Up Home Absentee Poll Entry Reform – Maryland Issues
A ballot box for the June primary election outside the Edward Bohrer Recreation Center in Gaithersburg. File photoThe Senate's Education, Health and Environment Committee on Thursday embarked on several reforms to the general election,…
Incapacity Rights Group Sues Connecticut Over COVID-19 Vaccine Precedence
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a news conference on June 3, 2020. Photo: Michael Marciano / ALM A Connecticut statewide advocacy group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health with the U.S. Department…
Bibian Mentel, Champion Paralympic Snowboarder, Dies at 48
Bibian Mentel, a Dutch snowboarder who lost her right lower leg to cancer, returned to the sport a few months later and dominated it for the next 16 years, died on Monday at her home in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands. She was 48 years…
‘It is simply not proper!’ — Disabled residents hold forth on repeated…
CLEVELAND - You probably never think of elevators if you don't rely on them. People with disabilities in our region have problems. So much so that they sometimes sleep in their cars because of problematic elevators."I can't believe this…
Study autism and the truth of individuals with ASD
8.1kViewsWorld Autism Awareness Day is celebrated on April 2nd each year to help raise public awareness of the disorder and draw attention to the needs and realities of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. What do…
Texas Senate Advances Invoice Limiting How And When Voters Can Forged Ballots, Obtain…
Like other proposals under consideration at the Texas Capitol, many of the restrictions in Senate Bill 7 target initiatives championed in Harris County to make it easier for more voters to vote.Senate Republicans on Thursday cleared…