DISABILITIES

I gradually learned my worth wasn’t determined by what I could “do,” and that it was more important to listen to my body and myself.

In Southwest Virginia, several organizations are helping to ensure those with disabilities can become productive citizens.

Saint Francis Service Dogs is in need of puppy raisers and trainers to help on the journey to becoming service dogs.

Nearly one million workers with disabilities lost jobs in 2020, according to the New Hampshire University Institute on Disability.

Nearly one million workers with disabilities lost jobs in 2020, according to the New Hampshire University Institute on Disability.

The Justice Department today moved to intervene in a disability discrimination lawsuit that private plaintiffs with visual disabilities brought against the City of Chicago under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). Pedestrian signal information, such as a flashing “Walk/Don’t Walk” signal, indicates when it is safe to cross the street. Since at least 2006, Chicago has recognized the need to install APSs for pedestrians with visual disabilities. Yet, while Chicago currently provides sighted pedestrians visual crossing signals at nearly 2,700 intersections, it has installed APSs at only 15 of those intersections. Members of the public may report possible civil rights violations at https://civilrights.justice.gov/report.

People with developmental disabilities overlooked in COVID pandemic, researchers say A year into the coronavirus pandemic, researchers fear that the risk to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities may have been overlooked.