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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 …
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 …
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 …
A grocery chain that settled with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2011, in one of largest ever employment discrimination cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, has violated the terms of the settlement, a federal court found …
After four years of litigation and two class-action lawsuits, the state of California and a coalition of disability advocacy groups and unions announced a legal settlement March 19 that lessens the amount of planned cuts to the state’s home health …
As part of its new strictest-in-the-nation abortion law, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed a bill March 26 making the state the first in the nation to bar abortions on the basis of a fetus’ disability.
The “fetal abnormalities” bill …
When Sherwood Clement inquired about becoming a food vendor at the South Boston Farmers Market in early 2010, he was told he needed to fill out an application, plant his own produce and pay a membership fee.
Despite having paralysis …
For more than 23 hours per day, more than 800 people with mental illnesses are caged in the Pennsylvania Department of Correction’s Restricted Housing Units.
The windowless rooms where they live average about 80 square feet, lack heating and cooling …
Abused men with disabilities awarded record-breaking $240 million verdict
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 …