A lawsuit, filed by Texas and 16 other states, target a call to count gender dysphoria as a protected disability.

James LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent Living ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

That plan would shift part of it to the Justice Department while moving disability rights enforcement to the Department of Health and Human Services. Linda McMahon, Trump’s Education secretary ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

This blog includes excerpts from a frequently asked questions resource prepared by the American Civil Liberties Union, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and the Disability Rights Education and ...

A fierce advocate and member of Human Rights ... movement and leading to the creation of the American with Disabilities Act. Judy’s work ensured people with disabilities had access to education ...

the disability rights movement, people from the private sector, researchers and the United Nations – to work together to change the narrative on disability, and to make human rights-based development ...

He witnessed firsthand the origins of the movement, as his mother and father played integral roles in advancing disability rights. According to Shaw, one of the earliest victories was a 1966 ...