The Disability Rights Fund (DRF), a grant making collaboration between donors and the global disability community which supports the human rights of persons with disabilities, has announced its first 2016 grants.
Category Archives: Disability Rights
Sanders: Must Fight for Disability Rights – The RespectAbility Report
Concord, N.H., Feb. 10 – During last night's victory speech celebrating his win of the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders excited the disability community when he included a shout out for disability rights. “We must …
Civil Rights – Disability-rights claim against state barred by 11th …
The 11th Amendment bars plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act suit against the state of Michigan. The alleged handicap access deficiencies in the state-owned building where she works do not exclude her or deny her a …
Zika virus raises issues of both abortion rights and disability rights
Chloe Angyal writes in the Huffington Post about how the Zika virus may put abortion rights and disability rights on a collision course, although the causal connection between Zika and birth defects has not been established.
A deadly mistake – Disability rights groups oppose Colo. assisted …
Disability advocates and medical professionals came out in opposition to a proposal in the Colorado legislature that would legalize assisted suicide, warning that it would further marginalize the disabled and terminally ill.