The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
The late disability justice co-founder and activist Stacey Park Milbern is the first woman in a wheelchair featured on U.S. currency and the first person whose wheelchair is actually shown.
The influential artist and organizer died in May at the age of 58. Her work championed queer people and women of color who felt excluded by the mainstream disability rights movement.
Conservative opinions on subminimum wage are mixed, but some advocates are optimistic that the new administration will continue working to phase it out.
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey was instrumental in passing multiple pieces of bipartisan legislation to advance the rights and well-being of people with disabilities.
In announcing her plan for long-term care on the popular morning show “The View,” the vice president spoke directly to caregivers and older adults, most of whom are women.
The GOP gubernatorial candidate, backed by Trump, called himself a ‘black Nazi’ and made comments on abortion and porn featuring trans women that contradict his public stances, CNN reported Thursday.
The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee did not say whether she thought the federal government should respond to false rumors about Springfield, Ohio.
Advocates who protested the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in 2017 say the former president’s claim was “incredibly insulting.”
In an address to the disability community, the president summed up his work on both legislation and regulation, including co-sponsoring the Americans with Disabilities Act as a young senator.
From wheelchair accommodations to live audio description, new wide-ranging considerations center 850 attendees with disabilities, including 560 disabled delegates
While organizers say the call was a success, participants and community leaders are frustrated by a lack of substance, organization and policy discussion.