Disability

The Wisconsin Assembly has voted to allow disabled assembly members to participate in meetings via phone communication—a move requested a year ago. But the lawmaker the change was created for voted against the bill.

Zacharion Townsend has trouble when it comes to fine motor skills, explained his father. It was those struggles that caused his second grade teacher to lash out against the student, he claimed.

"The fact that we are now able to play a classic game of Uno straight out of the box with both blind and sighted friends or family members is a truly historic moment."

This is extremely important for blind children because there aren't a lot of places where we can say, 'Look Mom and Dad! I built this on my own—I did this'" says blind entrepreneur Matthew Shifrin.

The nation's capital is home to one of the largest deaf communities in America. "Washington D.C. is considered a mecca for deaf people," said Mozzeria owners Russ and Melody Stein.

Serena Williams' recent maternal health crisis demonstrated that Black women's reproductive health can be jeopardized, suspect, dismissed and at risk of demise even for the very talented, wealthy and well-known.

"They're taking my legs—and not only that, my dignity," Stearn Hodge said.

Disability advocate organizations slam Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's proposed cuts to Special Olympics.

Among the new characters are a woman in a motorized wheelchair, a deaf person and a man with a probing cane.

A spokesperson for the airline told Newsweek the company was indeed working to improve accessibility.

Currently, the options for treating people with chronic paralysis from the waist down are very limited.

It comes at the expense of people with disabilities who require plastic straws.

The Social Security program could be insolvent by 2034, government trustees warned in June.

"How can you say that to someone like me? Even though it's a mental disability, it's just as debilitating."

"It wasn't really hard," Anaya Ellick said.

Morgan was left waiting on the empty aircraft for 40 minutes.

As Uber rolls out a service to allow health care services rides to patients, it faces a new lawsuit alleging it does not provide enough wheelchair-accessible vehicles in major cities.

Proponents argue that without the bill, small-business owners are open to "drive-by lawsuits."

And we lose, bigly.

If you tell a student "that they are a 'bad' kid, young children do internalize that," a Center for American Progress policy analyst said.

3-D Printing can make museum specimens more accessible to the disabled.

The one billion people living with a disability are valuable—it's time business took note.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is not just about people with disabilities; it's about society at large. Ensuring equity, access and inclusion is a shared responsibility.

The challenges can prove daunting, but there are strategies that can help.

The term "disability" covers a number of functional limitations—physical, sensory, mental and intellectual.

Almost 2 million fewer people are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits than were in 2016.

The former first lady was at the ESPY Awards to celebrate Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who founded a sports competition for people with intellectual disabilities.

The victim suffers from a partial mental disability, according to lawyers.

The company is being sued in Jackson, Mississippi for not offering wheelchair access for any of its half million residents.

The dispute arose in 2009 when Ehlena's elementary school in Napoleon, Michigan refused to allow her to attend school with her dog, Wonder.