Disability

President Joe Biden used the tragic abortion story of Kate Cox during his State of the Union address on Thursday to call for the restoration of Roe v. Wade.

Victoria’s Secret debuted a new collection for women with disabilities, emphasizing that beauty and sexiness transcend boundaries.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) teared up during a committee hearing on Thursday as he reflected on how he has been “ridiculed and made fun of” over his speech disability.

Rick Hoyt, an iconic figure in the world of endurance sports and disability advocacy, passed away on May 22 at the age of 61 due to respiratory complications.

Germany’s legacy media are in shock after it was found that an award-winning progressive blogger they heaped repeated praise on never actually existed.

A special woman from Virginia Beach, Virginia, desperately wants a job and is working hard to find one.

A Montana man who identifies as a transgender woman was convicted of strangling his mentally disabled girlfriend and was sentenced on Friday.

A student in Louisville, Kentucky, who was born without legs has achieved something incredible through hard work and a positive attitude.

A document for doctors in Canada has suggested that they bring up the topic of euthanasia before their patients do.

A disabled Arizona veteran is able to walk again after receiving a device that helps him do just that, something he never thought would be possible.

A clinic in Ireland has been ordered to pay a patient over $3,000 after it was found to have discriminated against him due to him being unable to wear a mask.

A dog named Dexter is not letting his disability keep him from putting smiles on the faces of everyone he meets.

Experts are predicting an explosion in claims after a UK employment tribunal ruled that so-called “Long COVID” constitutes a disability.

A 60-year-old who claimed to be blind and received around €30,000 from 2014 to 2018 from the Italian state is accused of faking his disability after being caught looking at a woman’s bottom.

Community members were inspired to do something when someone targeted a Florida child who lives with disabilities.

Two illegal immigrants have been indicted by a French court and charged with raping a 20-year-old disabled man, robbery, and violence.

Britain’s Court of Appeal has declared on Tuesday that a lady with Down syndrome has the right to appeal against an Abortion Act ruling.

A 13-year-old Idaho boy born without limbs has discovered a love for snowboarding, and his perseverance is inspiring those around him. 

A man in Louisiana who tricked a healthcare employee into changing his diaper while pretending to have a disability was charged for allegedly performing the same offense again.

A New York resident was arrested for allegedly obtaining disability benefits by fraud once his wife shared photos of him lifting weights on her Instagram, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday.

A charity has urged us to not use words like ‘able-bodied’ lest it offend people who aren’t, er, as bodily able as people who are.

A woman in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö is suspected of attempted murder after allegedly trying to push a wheelchair-bound man into a canal in an unprovoked attack.

At least 150 Minneapolis police officers have filed for disability, citing post-traumatic stress disorder as their reason for leaving following weeks of crime and turmoil after George Floyd’s death.

A man who has difficulty walking recently hiked to the top of the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro.

A mother in Malden, Massachusetts, recently received the sweetest gift she could ever have imagined from her disabled son.

Three women were accused of running a fight club at an assisted living facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after police say they encouraged residents to fight each other and allegedly abused two disabled women.

British Court of Appeal judges reversed a Court of Protection judge’s order to force a disabled woman to have an abortion.

A British judge has ordered a disabled woman to have an abortion at 22 weeks despite the objections of the woman and her mother.

New Jersey is the second state to mandate that all public schools make their curriculum “LGBT and disability-inclusive.”

Disability rights campaigners have attacked the BBC, claiming able-bodied actors playing disabled characters is the same as racist practices like “blacking up”.

Kimani Paul-Emile, an associate professor of law at Fordham University, argued recently that being black should be considered a disability.

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced a bill Wednesday that would stop former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) from receiving more than $100,000 a year in workers’ compensation payments.

Two advocacy groups and two individuals with disabilities filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday alleging that BART has discriminated against people with disabilities by failing to maintain the transportation agency’s urine and feces-covered elevators.

Rapper 50 Cent is accused of bullying an apparently disabled teen, whom he alleged, in a video he posted on Instagram Sunday, of being high on drugs.

LONDON (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne faced the prospect on Friday of a politically damaging and financially costly U-turn as dissent within his ruling Conservative Party grew over his plans to cut disability benefits. Osborne is seen as a contender

The London School of Economics (LSE) has postponed a talk on welfare by a neurobiologist due to concerns that offended disability campaigners would cause disruption to the event. A disability rights group had said on Facebook that it planned to picket