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

By Andy Jones | Published: May 6, 2013
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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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Disability advocates praise Obama’s Labor pick

By Andy Jones | Published: April 4, 2013

The front man of the Obama’s Administration’s efforts to enforce disability discrimination laws was nominated by the the President on March 18 to be the next head of the Department of Labor, much to the delight of disability rights advocates.…

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Google eliminates offensive autism search results

By Andy Jones | Published: April 2, 2013
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For a short period in late February, the typing of the phrase “Autistic people should…” into Google produced such disturbing results as “be killed,” “die” or “be exterminated.”

After activists flooded the company with complaints, Google has agreed to take …

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Sequestration slams certain disability programs

By Andy Jones | Published: March 30, 2013
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Special education, housing services and veterans assistance programs are among the government programs set to receive severe cutbacks as part of the federal government’s automatic budget cuts that went into effect March 1.

The cuts went into effect after Congress …

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Patients with disabilities still being turned away by doctors

By Katherine Morgan | Published: March 24, 2013
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In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, which prohibited discrimination based on disability. One of the factors under the ADA was that professionals in the medical field can’t discriminate against their patients as well. It is mandatory …

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Closed captioning bills introduced in Congress

By Andy Jones | Published: March 17, 2013
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Bills requiring theaters and airports to provide closed captioning when playing movies were introduced in Congress March 12.

The bills would specifically amend the Americans with Disabilities Act to expand access to these venues for people who are deaf and …

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Thirteen states receive state housing assistance

By Andy Jones | Published: February 17, 2013
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The federal government announced February 12  nearly $100 million in grants for state housing agencies to provide assistance for extremely low-income people with disabilities.

“Our nation is strongest when all our citizens are able to fully participate and contribute,” said …

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Disability groups urge Obama to spare Medicaid

By Andy Jones | Published: February 17, 2013
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The automatic budget cuts set to go into effect March 1 do not include reductions in Medicaid benefits, but disability groups remain concerned the program could become a political pawn as Congress looks to avert the cuts known in Washington …

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SSA transitioning from paper checks

By Katherine Morgan | Published: February 12, 2013
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Soon, the government hopes to end  the transitioning away from issuing paper checks to all people with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) as well as other Social Security Administration (SSA) programs.

March 1st is the date for the …

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