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We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) used the expertise of Carolyn Mueller and Lauren Zepp from UW-Madison for an article on the organization's blog entitled “How to Make Disability Justice a Classroom Priority”. Müller (left) and ZeppMueller…

The Uttarakhand Supreme Court has published a request for a priority Covid-19 vaccination for people with disabilities aged 18 and over, regardless of the category or type of disability. A division bank made up of Chief Justice Raghvendra…

Given the increasing cases of Covid across India, vaccination has become one of the most important steps to increase immunity to the virus. However, people with disabilities face major obstacles in obtaining the Covid vaccine, such as:…

David M. PerryLast October, a large study from the UK found that people with Down syndrome with SARS-CoV-2 virus were "four times more likely to be hospitalized and ten times more likely to die than the general population". "My son, an…

The Delhi Supreme Court on Wednesday informed the Center and Delhi government of a plea for instructions on the treatment of all disabled people who are given priority for the administration of the Covid under the Disability Rights Act…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the Maine State's P-EBT (Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer) plan. The Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) has partnered with the Maine Department of…

The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered the state government to respond to a PIL that, starting May 1, would launch a special campaign in each district to give the COVID-19 vaccine to all individuals with benchmark disabilities and…

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, during a tour of a vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia, President Joe Biden set a deadline for each state to allow all adults to be eligible for vaccination by April 19, 2021 (the previous target date being…

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a news conference on June 3, 2020. Photo: Michael Marciano / ALM A Connecticut statewide advocacy group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health with the U.S. Department…

In California, more than 4.4 million people at health risk were newly approved for the rare COVID-19 vaccine this week. However, the state has also tacitly removed millions of people who are vulnerable to the disease because of their age…