Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Historically, the way a government treats disabled people can be an early indicator of its broader social policy ...

T he Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation is the first comprehensive history of the disabled community`s ongoing struggle for civil rights. Co-authors Doris Zames Fleischer, a ...

Over two dozen disability rights activists were arrested on Capitol Hill last week when they protested the Trump-backed Republican budget bill and its cuts to Medicaid, affordable housing and more.

Disabled activists have expressed alarm at the decision by prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham to appoint former work and ...

The leaders highlighted are working across policy, literacy and the creator economy ensuring the movement continues and the ...

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and... Alice Wong, an author and activist who fought for ...

Donald Trump came under fire — and rightfully so — 10 years ago when he crassly mocked a disabled New York Times reporter. On Saturday, Trump got slapped with a bit of payback when a group of ...

Here in New York on Saturday, disability activists took over the lobby of Trump Tower to protest against the Trump administration’s cuts to Medicaid. Disability activist: “Medicaid cuts will kill ...

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With a smile, Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, 38, closes her eyes when she says her friend’s name. She pauses. A tear rolls down her cheek. “There’s a real level of rage that I feel around Alice’s death,” ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1977, over 100 disabled activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco for nearly a month, demanding their civil rights be recognized. Today, that same spirit of resistance ...