Louisville is a shining example of how to connect disability, civil rights and equity. Combined activism can establish DEI ...

MARIA: WELL, SO IN THE SPAN OF ALMOST 90 YEARS, ONE, WE'VE HAD A WHOLE DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAPPEN. THAT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY. THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE HAD THE ...

Project 2025 seeks to destroy the basic human rights and decades of progress that disabled people occupied a federal building and threw down their mobility aids to crawl up the Capitol steps for.

Faculty and staff members are responsible for requesting accommodations for their disability(s). When an individual requests a reasonable accommodation, a specialist from Office of Civil Rights and ...

He witnessed firsthand the origins of the movement, as his mother and father played integral roles in advancing disability rights. According to Shaw, one of the earliest victories was a 1966 ...

His death helped mobilize the civil rights movement. A new telling of the story of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi—carried out by the Klan and ...

She was advised by her employer to apply for short-term disability. Pyle alleges Connect ... charges Connect Transit with violating the Civil Rights Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and ...

The civil rights and disability rights movements are historically connected. Together they have made advancements to bring equity and inclusion to disabled, Black and underserved communities ...