By Chris Serres, Minneapolis Star Tribune Every so often, Korrie Johnson closes her eyes and tries to forget that she is a healthy 25-year-old living in a nursing home surrounded by older people with dementia and other debilitating conditions. Time and again, reality intrudes. In the past year, more than a dozen of her new […]
By TIM LAHEY, M.D. THE NEW YORK TIMES Hanover, N.H. — Several weeks after my patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for pneumonia and other problems, a clear plastic tube sprouted up from the mechanical ventilator, onto his pillow and down into his trachea. He showed few signs of improvement. In fact, the […]
By MORGAN GSTALTER,THE HILL The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday after he repealed civil rights memos designed to protect minorities and the disabled. The lawsuit targets six of the 25 different legal memos that Sessions rescinded in December, Reuters reported. City Attorney Dennis Herrera accused the […]
By VALERIE STRAUSS, THE WASHINGTON POST President Trump’s Education Department is on its way to delaying by two years the implementation of an Obama-era rule that is intended to address the disparities in the treatment of students of color with disabilities. The rule amended regulations that are part of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act […]
A seemingly inexorable economic trend has changed direction in the past few years, as people who cited health reasons for not working are returning to the labor force. By ERNIE TEDESCHI, NEW YORK TIMES The rise in the number of Americans not working because of disability was so persistent for two decades that some economists […]
By MATT VASILOGAMBROS, HUFF POST Like many people with autism, Greg Demer is bright but has difficulty communicating. He has a passion for the history of military aircraft, but he can’t quite keep up a conversation with new people. When he meets someone, he’ll quote from movies or ask them about their favorite Teenage […]
By JONATHAN STEMPEL NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday sued the agencies that run New York City’s subway, claiming they failed to make a Bronx station accessible to disabled people despite an expensive renovation. By intervening in a 2016 lawsuit brought by disability rights advocates against the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Stephen Hawking died March 14. He was 76. By JAMES GALLAGHER, BBC NEWS Stephen Hawking was both one of the world’s most famous scientists and most famous disabled people. His life was a juxtaposition of sparkling intellect and failing body. Prof Hawking was diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease when […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: March 8 is International Women’s Day which acknowledges the achievements of women throughout history in countries world wide. by ANNE WAFULA STRIKE, THE GUARDIAN When people talk about ‘inclusion’ and ‘diversity’, disability is usually left out. The women’s movement should be the place to change that Disabled women are still struggling to find […]
By PAUL DAVIDSON, USA TODAY Julie Propp landed her first-ever job about 18 months ago — at age 55. A part-time retail helper at a Kwik Trip convenience store in Marshallt own, Iowa, Propp cleans and ensures coffee cups and other items are well-stocked. She previously loaded boxes in workshops run by agencies that […]
