Uniting to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities
Around the world, simply being a woman means you’re more likely to be discriminated against and to experience violence than men. But women with disabilities are even more susceptible to abuse. Through...
View ArticleRobert K. Crabtree 2017 Diane Lipton Award Winner
We always receive many worthy nominations for this prestigious award. read more
View ArticleDisability Sport NI secures 100,000 investment into Disability Water Sports...
Disability Sport NI secures £100,000 investment into Disability Water Sports in Northern Ireland. read more
View ArticleMongolian Leaders Visit United States to Advance New Disability Rights...
Seven Mongolian leaders, including the Minister of Population Development and Social Protection, members of Parliament, and leaders of disability rights organizations, will spend two weeks in the...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Settlement with edX Inc., Provider of Massive Open...
Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts announced today that the Justice Department has entered...
View ArticleNCD Response to Controversial Peter Singer Interview Advocating The Killing...
On Sunday April 16, contentious Princeton Professor Peter Singer, once again argued that it is “reasonable” for the government or private insurance companies to deny treatment to infants with...
View ArticleNew Federal Report Explores Ways to Break the School To Prison Pipeline for...
In conjunction with its fall quarterly meeting, NCD convened a stakeholder forum in Atlanta in October 2014 to receive testimony on the role of special education in the School-to-Prison Pipeline. The...
View ArticleAccess for All Global Virtual Comedy Club
On Thursday, July 16, the State Department in collaboration with the Kennedy Center and VSA will host a Global Virtual Comedy Club in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with...
View ArticleHUD REACHES AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA CONDO ASSOCIATION IN DISABILITY...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today an agreement with Delvista Towers Condominium Association, Inc., of Aventura, Florida, and its property...
View ArticleImproving support services for persons with disabilities in Africa Expert...
GENEVA / ADDIS ABABA (1 September 2016) – Improving support services for persons with disabilities in Africa will be the focus of a two-day expert meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the UN...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Philadelphia to Resolve...
The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve a complaint that the city of Philadelphia discriminated against an employee with a disability when it terminated the employee...
View ArticleU.S. Department of State's Sport for Community: Promoting Disability Rights
The U.S. Department of State will welcome 16 international emerging leaders in the disability sports sector to the United States for the “Sport for Community” mentorship exchange program from March 11...
View ArticleI Am Able: the Commonwealth youth campaign for disability rights
The Commonwealth Youth Council has launched a campaign to support the rights of disabled young people. read more
View ArticleJustice Department Settles Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Lawsuit...
The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of Jacksonville, Florida, to resolve allegations that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act...
View ArticleGhana: People with Disabilities Freed from Chains
Accra, July 7, 2017) – The Mental Health Authority of Ghana has taken steps to release 16 people, including two girls, held in shackles at Nyakumasi Prayer Camp, a spiritual healing center in the...
View ArticleDisabled people's rights being eroded, equality bodies tell UN
As health and social care budgets are slashed, disabled people’s right to independent living is being continually eroded, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have said. The warning comes as the...
View ArticleFord Foundation names Judy Heumann senior fellow
New York, 14 September 2017 — The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of disability and civil rights advocate Judith E. Heumann as a senior fellow. read more
View ArticleJordan: Parliament Passes Human Rights Reforms
Amman) – Jordan’s parliament has approved a series of important human rights reforms in 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. Positive changes include a new law that improves rights of people with...
View ArticleGhana: Invest in Mental Health Services to End Shackling
People with real or perceived psychosocial disabilities live in inhumane conditions, isolated from society in prayer camps, where they often are shackled for days or even years. read more
View ArticleMexico: Mental Health Bill Undermines Disability Rights
Mexico City, October 16, 2017) – Mexico’s Congressional Mental Health and Drug Commission is considering a national mental health bill that would seriously jeopardize the rights of people with...
View Article
