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Washington DC, Jan 27, 2021 / 4:17 p.m. MT (CNA).- A disability rights organization commended the United Nations human rights experts for condemning voluntary euthanasia on the basis of disability. On Monday, three UN human rights experts…

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…

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Malta has just welcomed its second disability commissioner, Samantha Pace Gasan, 27. Her vision is to revolutionize everyday infrastructure and education to make it more accessible for people with disabilities. "As Commissioner, my aim…

The 28-year-old Fraser is paralyzed from the neck down, but has developed a great social medium through his visionsThe honest Henry Fraser believes the coronavirus pandemic has taken his platform to new heights as a spokesperson for people…

Keri Gray: The ADA meant a lot of different things.I think one of the first things I think about is the ADA that it did for our inclusion and awareness. So we know that one in five people in the US has a…

The disability sector is pushing for more workers in COVID-19-affected industries to consider new careers in disability services to address desperate labor shortages.David Moody, CEO of National Disability Services, estimates an additional…

"What are you going to do for us people with disabilities?"That was the question that Raja Abdullah Almasabi, a disability rights defender from Yemen, asked the United Nations Security Council last week. While all council…

A man was found guilty of killing his estranged wife, a prominent disability rights activist, at her Eastbourne home.62-year-old Raymond Hoadley stabbed 58-year-old Jacqueline Hoadley on the property in Broad Oak Close in the summer of…

Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 2:02 p.m.Press release: Office of the OmbudsmanA new report from the New Zealand Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) sheds light on the realities and…