Civil rights and disability rights are connected. Both work to achieve equity. | Opinion
Louisville is a shining example of how to connect disability, civil rights and equity. Combined activism can establish DEI ...
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How the revocation of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act will affect the independent living movement | Carlos Ramalho
Opinion: revoking CBICA would jeopardize the stability and autonomy of the Independent Living Movement, reversing decades of progress.
The New Yorker9h
What the Assault on Public Education Means for Kids with Disabilities
The future of the Department of Education may hinge on the world views of two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as ...
Clarksville Now4h
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement ...
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Disabilities Beat: If federal funding stops, what’s at stake for disabled people?
This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins speaks with Stephanie Orlando, from Western New York Independent ...
Irish Examiner12d
Letters to the Editor: Government's hollow promises on disability
A reader takes issue with Taoiseach Micheál Martin's declaration that he wants 'this government to be a defining government in respect of disability in particular' ...
60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...
The Columbian5d
‘Disenfranchised’: Caregiver raises concerns about ADA accessibility at Vancouver Clinic
A Vancouver woman has raised concerns about accessibility at Vancouver Clinic after facing challenges while attending health ...
Investopedia16d
What Is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What's Included and History
Title IX facilitated the movement of civil rights cases from state courts ... Act of 1973 prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibited ...
PBS18d
Why some disabled workers are paid less than minimum wage
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 ...
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Q&A: Why physicians struggle to care for patients with disability
And despite knowing this for many years — for decades, in fact — there’s been very little movement to address ... trainees about these disability and civil rights mandates.