Advocate

Tobiloba Ajayi is the Chief Responsibility Officer of The Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn Foundation and a Mandela Washington Fellow. She speaks to ALEXANDER OKERE on how her organisation is helping children with cerebral palsy, among other…

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY - Edith Prentiss, a legendary New York City disability attorney and a Washington Heights resident, recently passed away. She was 69 years old.Using a wheelchair for the last 25 years of her life, Prentiss has become…

In February 2021, the Senators voted to amend and expand Canada's euthanasia law. If Bill C-7 passes, it will extend access to euthanasia to excruciatingly suffering people who are not near the natural end of their lives. Disability…

In 1970 Judith "Judy" Heumann became the first woman in a wheelchair to teach a public school in New York City. Seven years later, she led a 28-day sit-in that led to the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - the first…

It is easy to take for granted some of the rights we have, to take for granted that we always had them, to forget the people who fought so hard to win them.That's what I kept thinking to myself this week when I was standing at a Van Nuys…

job description The successful applicant will work individually and systematically for them on behalf of people with disabilities. Specifically, the applicant will oversee the care and conditions for individuals with…

When Anna Landre (SFS '21) began her first full-time summer internship after her first year at Georgetown University, she was greeted with a fun and educational summer experience. Instead, she nearly lost the disabled services she could…

The Canadian PressThe Latest: 2 Chinese cities urge people to stay at homeBEIJING — Chinese authorities are asking residents in two cities south of Beijing to stay home for seven days as they try to stamp out a coronavirus outbreak in which…

Local journalism initiativeRemembering the uprising in St. John'sAmericans must date back to 1814 when British soldiers invaded Washington during the War of 1812. For the last time an angry mob searched their legislature. In the winter of…

Newswise - ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A recent comment by five US psychologists urges healthcare providers to stand up for the rights of patients with disabilities during the pandemic.The authors state that people with disabilities are…