Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, new reports find.
Already-anxious parents say their kids are missing not just school but also therapy appointments to avoid encountering potentially hostile federal agents.
Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for trans people.
New laws and legislation to give all pregnant people disability placards are colliding with the reality of a system that already fails many disabled people.
Decades after the Montgomery Bus Boycott, these activists in Chicago turned to Parks’ playbook to broaden disability access.
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
Wong envisioned a world where disabled people, particularly those from multiple marginalized backgrounds, could live freely and with full autonomy.
For those with disabilities who rely on the aid, its uncertainty threatens not just nutrition, but independence.
The president called the layoffs a part of cuts to “Democrat programs,” but children across the nation would be impacted.
One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.