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Abused men with disabilities awarded record-breaking $240 million verdict

By Andy Jones | Published: May 6, 2013
Turkeys

In the largest verdict in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s history, an Iowa jury awarded $240 millon to 32 men with disabilities who were abused for decades at Henry’s Turkey Service in Atalissa, Iowa.

“These men suffered isolation and exploitation …

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More than three dozen protesters arrested at D.C. disability protests

By Andy Jones | Published: May 6, 2013
White House

ADAPT held a series of rallies during the past week at the nation’s capitol, including one action consisting of 200 protesters April 21 near the White House gates.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested an estimated 41 individuals, many of …

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Oregon to move away from sheltered workshops

By Andy Jones | Published: April 23, 2013
Oregon Map

Facing heavy pressure from the Obama Administration and disability advocates, Oregon Governor John Kitzbhaber issued a 15-page executive order April 11 stating that the state will stop funding its system of sheltered workshops by 2015.

“(The order) sets forth a …

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Disability abuse series earns Pulitzer nomination

By Andy Jones | Published: April 22, 2013
The shape of California in solid torquoise with the word California toward the bottom and a star where Sacramento is located on graph paper.

An 18-month California Watch investigation into the state’s five developmental centers – that uncovered rampant abuse, sexual assaults, and nonexistent protection for the state’s must vulnerable residents – was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the public …

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Law Review Summary

“The Legal Politics of Growth Attenuation”

By Andy Jones | Published: April 18, 2013
This graphic has the phrase Ashley's Treatment the treatment crossed out and replaced with the word "rights"

In a new law journal article, University of Ottawa law professor Ravi Maoltra asserts that growth attenuation procedures violate Canadian and international law and that their proponents base their arguments on outdated views of disability rights.

These procedures made …

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Death with dignity/assisted suicide legislation defeated

By Andy Jones | Published: April 18, 2013
Connecticut Road Sign with dramatic clouds and sky.

Connecticut will not further pursue a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide bill this year, after a House committee voted April 6 to prevent the bill from coming up for a vote.

The defeat is the latest in a string of …

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Push back against NPR series

By Andy Jones | Published: April 7, 2013
National Public Radio Building

A recent NPR series featured on “This American Life,” has caused a furor among disability advocates who believe that the stories provide a highly misleading overview of federal disability programs.

“Rather than waste time rehashing myths and sensationalizing understandable program …

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The interaction of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the ADA

By Andy Jones | Published: April 7, 2013
Comfortable working environment

Indiana Law’s Deborah Widiss argues in a new law review article that employers should be required to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees, similar to how they are for people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The article …

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Reports show pervasive disability discrimination in transplant decisions

By Andy Jones | Published: April 5, 2013
Organ Transplant Case

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network released a new report March 18 that calls for increased protections for people with disabilities when health care providers make life-saving organ transplant decisions.

Surveys have found that health care providers decline to refer people …

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