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Disability advocates and elected officials are calling on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committees to reconsider its policies after a Paralympic gold medalist was denied an application to allow a nursing assistant to travel to…

The Justice Department (DOJ) is investigating a lawsuit filed by a deaf man who is suing a blood plasma company for allegedly failing to provide him with a sign language interpreter when he tried to register for a donation.Mark Gomez, a…

WENATCHEE - When Chris Gilman is walking her dog, she cannot leave her block. She has lived in her home near First Street and North Emerson Avenue for 40 years, and in her wheelchair the surrounding…

And it pays off. "On average, people's disabilities are cut in half," said Dr. Szanton. “Your pain is decreasing. Your ability to bathe and dress will improve. People stuck on the second floor of their home for years can go on family…

Uber Technologies Inc. is unable to shake a disability rights group's lawsuit for systematically discriminating against Washington drivers who use non-foldable wheelchairs, a District of Columbia federal court said.The Equal Rights Center…

Peter Prater's family was not thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been rushed to hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center where Prater lives hadn't yet been…

CONCORD, NH (AP) - New Hampshire's failure to provide home health services to skilled elderly and disabled people puts at risk of ending up in nursing homes badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. This emerges from a lawsuit against state…

The Director of Human Rights at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Dr. Isaac Annan, has lamented the lack of effective cooperation between disability rights organizations and the Commission to Combat the…

The Director of Human Rights at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Dr. Isaac Annan, has lamented the lack of effective cooperation between disability rights organizations and the Commission to Combat the…