disability

Una Fonte, an advocate for disability and feminism @ una.se. Every March we celebrate International Women's Day, a day when women are celebrated but also to highlight the struggles and inequalities that still exist for women…

"Living and Working as an Engineer with Disabilities in Adults" was written by SWE Member Rose Byrne, PhD, MAM, BS. An unwanted visitor and some personal risk management Rose ByrneFirst, let's redefine the problem. Medically, something…

Disability rights advocates believe the technique used by Sheriff MPs to hold back Alexander Jimenez, a Warrenton man who died in police custody in Clatsop County Jail in April, increased his risk of…

Legislators, meeting at the Idaho Statehouse, have settled a lawsuit with disability rights groups and agreed to improve virtual access to hearings. Disability rights groups have settled a lawsuit with…

Marko Geber / Getty Images Updated at 1:48 p.m., 03/02/21, with comment from Lt. Gov. Gilchrist During a particularly difficult Thursday session in the Michigan Senate that eventually ended with the passage of a…

Friday, March 5, 2021, 6:49 a.m.Press release: UN treaty bodiesGENEVA (March 4, 2021) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will hold its upcoming meeting…

The American With Disabilities Act (ADA) is a law that helps people with disabilities achieve equal rights at work. Bipolar disorder is considered a disability under ADA, as is blindness or multiple sclerosis. You may also be entitled to…

Leroy Moore and Keith Jones are both hip hop artists with cerebral palsy. They are two of the founders of Krip-Hop, a movement that uses hip-hop music and other forms of artistic expression to enable disabled…

A reminder of the law The definition of disability in terms of labor law comprises three elements. To be considered a disability for the purposes of the 2010 Act, a condition must be: a physical or mental impairment, it must significantly…

"Discrimination dies with great difficulty." This is the lesson Judy Heumann hopes students will take away from her recent book Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memory of a Disability Rights…