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While school choice is a major point of contention in this year’s presidential campaign, the practice in action is causing problems for students with intellectual disabilities in Mississippi. Read more
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After a story from Dan Barry, a recipient of the Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, a bias suit has been filed on behalf of a group of disabled men found working in seedy conditions at a South Carolina meat plant. Read more
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Some voters with disabilities say they feel like ‘second-class citizens’ when they turn out to vote. Read more
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UC Berkeley’s decision to shut down a program for students with disabilities is reverberating into the community, as students scramble to find critical services. Read more
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Heard of Overland Park, Kansas? It scores high as an accessible place for Americans with Disabilities, particularly in categories like economy and graduation rates. Scottsdale, Arizona takes the second spot, and Lincoln Nebraska, the third. Read more
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Instead of complying with a Justice Department order to make its free online content accesible to learners with disabilities, the University of California at Berkeley may get rid of its MOOC content completely. Read more
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Although there have been many campaigns to shut down these kinds of institutions, abuse continues internationally at orphanages where children with disabilities are abandoned. Read more
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Dragged out for years, at least eight cases involving disability violations were brought against Donald Trump’s properties in the last nineteen years. Read more
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In a history speech, the Democratic presidential candidate made a push to appeal to those with disabilities and their families. Read more
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U.S. News & World Report profiles how mental illness is handled in third-world countries–usually to the severe detriment for those populations. Read more
