SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1977, over 100 disabled activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco for nearly a month, demanding their civil rights be recognized. Today, that same spirit of resistance ...
A Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Wilbur Cross Library in Storrs, Conn. Students are advocating for the creation of a disability cultural center. Photo courtesy of Sydney Chandler/The Daily Campus ...
As we enter another school year, I’m surprised to write that our daughter Penny has started a program at a local university. Penny is 18 years old, and she has Down syndrome. I’m not surprised by her ...
Patients with disabilities report lower satisfaction in health care interactions, particularly in understanding complex information and feeling respected. Disparities exist in perceived respect and ...
The skeleton of a man with a severe dislocated fracture of the knee, found in a cemetery in Lund, southern Sweden, is helping to unravel the complexities of social attitudes towards individuals with ...
No one on our side has anything like that.” This is just one example of responses that reflect — and reinforce — negative cultural beliefs and societal barriers faced by immigrants with disabilities.