2021

OAKLAND, California, February 15, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / - Michelle L. Roberts, an ERISA litigation attorney in the Bay Area with a successful 16 year experience of litigating employees, introduced the…

Pramit Bhargava graduated from prestigious engineering and management institutions in India and had an exciting career with many large multinational companies. An unexpected incident changed this practically overnight.The…

When the Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963, he performed while seated - a consequence of the polio that had prevented him from walking without leg supports or crutches since he was four. "I…

HARTFORD, Conn. - Victoria Mitchell wishes the police had a complete picture of her son's struggles with mental illness and reacted differently before an officer shot him dead in Ansonia, Connecticut last year.Her son Michael Gregory was…

Although many people with disabilities are more susceptible to COVID-19, in some U.S. states they fear that they will be massively left behind to get limited vaccines into the arms of those who need them most.…

NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland has begun a three-day lockdown following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community.Health officials say the cases are of the…

In an important ruling delivered today, the Supreme Court ruled that writing can be provided for those with disabilities other than those with benchmark disabilities.The bank, run by Justice DY Chandrachud, directed the government to…

LOS ANGELES -- The rates of new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations continue to fall across California, but the state’s death toll remains persistently high.California on Sunday reported another 408 deaths, bringing the total since…

The election of President Joe Biden was a relief for many marginalized people, but perhaps especially for the disabled community. It's no secret that this huge segment of the US population, roughly 26% or 61 million people, has had a…

The daily bombardment of numbers and statistics about Covid-19 - the hospital stays, the deaths, the number of people who received the first or second dose of the vaccine - made me feel like a Londoner during the Blitz. I just want to hide…