Disabilities
Balancing the Missouri budget on the backs of people with disabilities
May 5, 2017Budget-balancing cuts in the Show Me State could leave people with disabilities facing tough choices – or even force more of them into nursing homes.
Read moreToday in history: It’s Persons with Disabilities Day
December 3, 2015The theme for 2015 is: Inclusion matters: access and empowerment of people of all abilities
Read moreSome extraordinarily special Olympics days in Los Angeles
July 30, 2015The 6,500 athletes are accompanied by their 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators in attendance.
Read moreDisabled workers paid sub-minimum wages in sheltered workshops
March 12, 2014People with intellectual or physical disabilities are often working in "sheltered workshops" across this nation for sub-minimum wage.
Read moreTap the disability rights movement’s untapped power
February 13, 2014Though Marx and Engels may not have predicted the rise of an engaged population of people with disabilities, they did predict the push toward "improvement."
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