Disability News Archive

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July 19
The Associated Press
Blockbuster settles disabilities case
The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Blockbuster Inc. designed to ensure equal access at more than 3,000 Blockbuster retail stores for disabled customers who use service animals.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, service animal

July 19
ABC News
Dr. Besser's Notebook: Special Olympics' Legacy for Us All
When I was in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania more than 20 years ago, our class volunteered to work at the Special Olympics Games in Philadelphia.
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Filed Under: Special Olympics, healthcare, intellectual disability, public policy, recreation

June 30
ABC News Nightline
UN Calls Shock Treatment at Mass. School 'Torture'
It may look like any leafy New England campus, but inside one Massachusetts school for special needs children, the method of teaching at work is anything but ordinary.
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Filed Under: K-12, education

June 30
Inside Higher Ed
Driving Home the Point on Accessibility
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Tuesday released an open letter to colleges expressing concern that some institutions might be “using electronic book readers that are not accessible to students who are blind or have low vision” and warning them that the government will crack down on any institutions that are “requiring” disabled students to use emerging technology that does not comply with federal accessibility laws.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973, education, higher education, public policy

June 28
The Boston Globe
The bus can’t stop here
A beer delivery truck. A Comcast van. A Tufts University police SUV. A Verizon van. Even the Toyota Avalon of a Cambridge District Court judge who stopped to get a sandwich.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), handicapped parking, public policy, transportation

June 27
KING-TV (Seattle)
Tacoma Goodwill graduate winning praises from Sea-Tac, Port of Seattle
For years, a 33-year-old Lakewood man has had the door slammed in his face from potential employers. Living with cerebral palsy, it hasn't been easy for him to get a job. But the training he received from Tacoma Goodwill has now earned him a job at Sea-Tac Airport – and lots of praise from the community.
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Filed Under: employment, learning disability, physical disability, profile

June 26
York (Pa.) Daily Record
Disability-friendly playground opens at Cousler Park
The new playground at Manchester Township's Cousler Park looks exactly the way 10-year-old Noah McClymont envisioned it.
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Filed Under: children, inclusion, recreation

June 26
UPI
Parents of disabled lack support
U.S. researchers are calling for more environmental and social supports to help families caring for children with physical and mental challenges.
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Filed Under: children, parenting, public policy

June 25
The (Ala.) Decatur Daily
People with disabilities offer ‘gifts’ to churches
Places of worship need to truly value people with special needs, said Ginny Thornburgh, director of the interfaith initiative of the Washington-based American Association of People with Disabilities.
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Filed Under: inclusion, religion

June 22
Arkansas News
Disability advocacy group seeks closure of Booneville center
An advocacy group for the disabled called on Gov. Mike Beebe today to close the Booneville Human Development Center because of inadequate patient care, including the recent death of a resident who choked on a sandwich.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, developmental disability, end-of-life care, healthcare, long-term care, public policy

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