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In an interview with the Boston Globe, actress Marlee Matlin calls President Donald Trump a “barrier” for people with disabilities. She explains, “I don’t want to lose sleep over him, but when he says things that are offensive, I will speak out.” Read more
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A letter to the editor at The New York Times examines the “Inclusion Revolution.” Read more
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Cronkite News podcast “In Focus” explores what it’s like to be the parent of a child with autism far away from big-city resources. The podcasts follows one family with a four-year-old son who has autism. Read more
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Pew data shows that there’s a gap in technology use between those who have a disability and those who do not. Read more
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For-profit care for disabled people may have lead to a lack of oversight for such programs in Georgia, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Read more
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The group Journalist’s Resource examines a study on the prevalence of reported disability in all 50 states. Read more
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The Huffington Post highlights women who are vlogging about disability on YouTube. Read more
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Ecuador’s presidential front-runner Lenín Moreno, who is paraplegic, has connected with other people with disabilities, energizing the group who feel that they have been “ostracized for generations.” Read more
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In Burkina Faso, where 10 percent of the population has a disability, women are forming disability unions. The groups are confronting entrenched stigma in the country to change perception. Read more
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In the U.K., cuts to disability from the government are driven by “a perverse ideology” about disabled people, according to a Guardian columnist. Benefits in the country are set to shrink by nearly 30 percent. Read more
