The Arizona Republic
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Firefighters rally behind colleague with prosthesis
The 4-foot fall from a rock-climbing wall in 2005 shattered Mase Mattingly’s right ankle, which bent at a 90-degree angle.
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MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.)
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Activists seek more from Americans with Disabilities Act
For Karen Foran Dempsey, efforts to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities have not slowed since last year’s 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Orlando Sentinel
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EEOC: Hearing-impaired teacher’s rights violated
A federal investigator has concluded that Lake County schools violated the rights of a hearing-impaired teacher who lost his job after the district refused to provide him the equipment he needed to compensate for his disability
Psych Central
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Disaster Plans Should Include Those with Mental Illness
When disaster strikes — whether a deadly supercell tornado, a flood, or man-made catastrophe — it is not just those with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders who suffer.
The New York Times
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Wheelchair Access in Taxis Is Focus of U.S. Investigation
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Reynolds Center
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Are there judges in your area who rarely deny disability claims?
Economic policy reporter Damian Paletta had a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal last week that quickly stirred outrage and prompted investigations. He reported on a Huntington, W.Va., judge who has approved Social Security disability benefits in 100 percent of the 729 cases appealed to him in the first six months of fiscal 2011. In the previous fiscal year, he decided 1,284 cases and awarded benefits in all but four.
The Pueblo (Co.) Chieftain
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City schools didn’t violate girl’s rights, judge rules
Pueblo City Schools didn’t violate the rights of a special needs student, who at times was unable to control herself, by repeatedly confining her in a restraint device, a judge has ruled.
USA Today
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One in six children have a developmental disability
The number of children with developmental disabilities has increased by 17% in 12 years, driven largely by big jumps in diagnoses for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, research shows.
The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
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Help wanted: Jobs for the disabled
Thousands of adults with Down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities work in Ohio at jobs that pay less money than a teen-age babysitter earns. Some say the low pay is immoral; others view the federal law as a godsend.
The Tennessean
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Thousands in TN fall through health cracks
The peach pages that come in the mail and the letter that follows put thousands of Tennesseans in a deep blue funk so severe that some wonder if they can keep on living.