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Local nonprofits are being forced to do more with less as organizations serving some of the island's most vulnerable people face staff shortages and increased hiring problems.…

On July 26, a rally for disability rights against ableism was held on the lawn of the courthouse in Denton Square, hosted by two local advocacy groups. The Self Determination Group and Denton Inclusion Society hosted Disability Justice NOW!…

The advocacy group People with Disability Australia has called on people with disabilities and their treating doctors to assess their risk of contracting COVID-19 and choose which vaccine to receive after residents and workers of a home for…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The man who accused a Weiss Lake motel of denying him a room because he was in a wheelchair hired a lawyer and fired a letter demanding that the motel be closed.The two-page letter from Scott East's attorney Alan…

A frustrated alliance of lawyers and community organizations led the Commonwealth Attorney General to rewrite Australian disability discrimination laws after a court case made discrimination claims "almost impossible to prove".The alliance…

All the news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia. ACOSS New research carried out by UNSW Sydney's Social Policy Research Center for ACOSS and the COSS network…

Disability advocates have supported calls for a full independent investigation into a "terrible" case of alleged…

GGood Morning. It's Monday, May 17th, and this is Imogen Dewey with today's main stories: the deadliest attack since hostilities broke out in Gaza last Monday Medevac style return flights for Covid-positive Australians in India and a new…

Councilor Daniel Dromm introduces a resolution calling for DRIE protection to be extended to all disabled New Yorkers with disabilities. (Courtesy Dromm's office) Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter to…

A Connecticut disability rights group says newly announced changes to the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan are unfair and violate federal law. Governor Ned Lamont said this week that residents will be eligible for the vaccine primarily…