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Bambi Polotzola is a lifelong teacher, community organizer, lover of people, activist on multiple fronts, and the mother of a young adult with autism.As the director of the Governor's Disabilities Office, she works every day to ensure that…

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For two decades, Ed Paquin has worked to protect Vermonters with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and violations of their rights. A former State House Representative and former President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights,…

The Supreme Court has given permission to two disabled activists to challenge the Department of Labor and Pensions (DWP) for failing to offer old benefit recipients the same £ 20 per week increase that is granted to those receiving…

A disabled activist is hoping to take legal action against the government's COVID rules, which force nursing home residents to isolate for two weeks every time they go to a doctor's appointment or shop. Doug Paulley has also told managers…

The center announced this week June 1 as the date from which all disability certificates will be issued online, a requirement under the Disability Rights Act of 2016. The announcement published on Wednesday made it mandatory for all states…

Wie verpflichten sich Schottlands größte Parteien, Probleme mit Behinderungen anzugehen?Es waren lange 12 Monate für Schotten, aber besonders für diejenigen von uns in Schottlands Behindertengemeinschaft und diejenigen, die sich…

When 8-month-old Tim Kolb was diagnosed with a rare disability, a doctor told his parents that he would not make it until his first birthday.Instead, the Franklin native died on Saturday at the age of 74. A…

"What he could do with just the muscles in his face was amazing," she said. "He enriched the world so much."Kolb was born with a rare condition known as Werdnig-Hoffmann disease or spinal muscular atrophy that eventually led to…

Close up of a wheelchair symbol on a brick road getty The “Disability Rights Movement” is partly built around a series of arguments about disability itself. It’s about what disability is, and what disabled people want –– and…