The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Does your employer discriminate? It's about to get harder to find out.
Congress created the EEOC to enforce civil rights laws in workplaces. Under Trump, the agency will stop collecting data on gender, race and ethnicity used to identify systemic injustices for 60 years.
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For families of medically fragile children, a policy change threatens the care they need at home
“We have worked so hard to keep him alive, and here we are talking about potentially having to put him into a facility, but there is no facility to keep him alive and safe.”
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An Alzheimer’s diagnosis changed their lives. They decided how.
The incurable disease, which disproportionately impacts women, can feel like the end of choice. But these three saw it as a chance to live more intentionally.
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Darline Graham's career centered disability. Now she could help shape national policy.
Lindsey Graham's sister has spent decades in South Carolina's disability services, earning praise from advocates who hope she'll bring that expertise to Congress.
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SZA’s autism diagnosis is a familiar story for many autistic Black women
Black women and girls on the spectrum have long been under-diagnosed and overlooked. A diagnosis arrives late for many of them — or not at all.
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For Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else
Reactions to the senator’s disclosure of a longtime essential tremor, a relatively common condition, have reminded women with the same disorder how stigma still shapes perceptions of competence. -
Feeling invisible, many disabled caregivers also need support
Over a third of family caregivers in the U.S. have disabilities — and are more likely to be caregivers than people without disabilities.
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How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights
Republican AGs continue quietly pushing for a rollback of civil rights in Section 504 disability case.
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Who gets to speak for mothers of autistic children?
A key federal advisory committee has been reshaped around MAHA moms, raising questions about who gets heard in setting pivotal policy.