A lawsuit, filed by Texas and 16 other states, target a call to count gender dysphoria as a protected disability.

Judy was often hailed as the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.” As we see US disability rights protections threatened by Trump administration policies, I’ve been thinking about Judy ...

James LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent Living ...

SFJ SYMPOSIUM ON CONSCIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES Flyer Unpacking the criminalization of race and disability, S ...

Nigeria’s movement for disability rights reached a significant milestone with the official unveiling of The Ability Life Initiative (TALI), a leading advocacy group, on February 20, 2025 ...

“There’s a mantra that really runs through the disability rights movement, which is ‘nothing about us without us,’ which implies that if you’re making things for the disability ...

Civil rights experts worry bans on DEIA in education and government are part of a larger, ongoing push to undo the country's ...

Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed for the final time on March 18, 2005. Her legacy continues to shape the pro-life ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

And all of these threats can be ameliorated because the disability rights movement has — haltingly, with many setbacks and disagreements — forced or convinced politicians and policymakers to ...