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FDA to Massachusetts Group Home: Stop Shocking Residents With Disabilities
Has The Judge Rotenberg Center been straight with families about the risks of its electrical shock devices?
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Federal Government Finally Forgives Billions in Debt of Students Who’ve Become Disabled
The move comes after an investigation that documented the difficulty for disabled borrowers to get their loans forgiven.
Protect Social Security Disability Insurance Without Cutting Benefits
For millions of Americans, these earned benefit programs are crucial lifelines that ensure a basic sense of economic security.
It’s Time to Talk About Our Mental Illnesses
Mentally ill people often face stereotypes and social stigma. We must offer care and support.
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The Americans With Disabilities Act Is a Model for the World – Literally
The landmark US disability rights legislation became the basis for an international treaty embraced by much of the world - but not, ironically, by the US itself.
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Georgia Is Moving Children With Disabilities Into Schools Used During Jim Crow
A DOJ investigation found that Georgia is putting kids with behavioral issues in the same buildings that served Black children decades ago.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Rethinking Safety and Disability Justice
We need transformative justice: a community-based approach paired with creative cultural work to shift our narratives around harm.
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The Story of Levi Dehmann: Police Violence in Small-Town America
It's not only police vs. Black men, in this country, as the April death of David Levi Dehmann in Ohio sadly demonstrates.
With Disability Cuts Likely to Advance in Congress, Progressive Groups Rally to Block Them
Progressive groups are calling on supporters to defend disability benefits.
Nancy J. Altman: Expand Social Security Now
Altman debunks many myths about Social Security.