Uber’s peer-to-peer business model, which largely depends on drivers using their own vehicles to provide rides, means the vast majority of vehicles available through its service are not wheelchair accessible….
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Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin on “Stranger Things,” has a disability ― and he’s not ashamed of it. Last week on the British talk show “The Jonathan Ross Show,” he opened…
People with disabilities make up a potentially potent political coalition: A study this month from two Rutgers professors projected that more than 35 million people with disabilities would be eligible to…
Music has always been an important part of Christopher Duffley’s life. “Music to me is for one thing: it brings joy to people. Singing is a gift that I share….
Found this note in one of my grocery bags when I got home. If you think discrimination only applies to race,…
Last week, the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced it would sue the state of Georgia for running a network of schools that segregated students with disabilities from those without, denying them equal…
On August 23, 2016, the United States filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia in federal district court to remedy violations of the ADA (American’s with Disabilities Act, Title…
Self-empowerment is something that you do to yourself. Others can facilitate self-empowerment in others, but eventually everyone can only empower oneself. It is like freeing a caged animal. You can open…
While the sense of purpose that comes from having gainful employment is something that many Americans take for granted, the opposite can hold true for individuals with disabilities. For Americans…
Once a our government does something extraordinarily good. One such event took place in 1990, as Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. President Bush signed it into law on…