Disability News

• A Hashtag Invites Disabled People To Claim Their Disabilities With Pride
  
  The clash of these two opposite views of disability is worth exploring, not only for non-disabled observers, but for disabled people themselves.
  Forbes.  Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021.
• RespectAbility Brings Accessibility And Inclusion Series To Sundance
  
  Disability advocacy organization RespectAbility presents Accessibility and Inclusion Lab conversation series at Sundance this year.
  Forbes.  Monday, 25 Jan 2021.
• Learning disability vaccine plea: 'Don't leave us to rot'
  
  As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 24 Jan 2021.
• Carers kept a mother's disabled son locked up for a year to avoid Covid
  
  For almost a year now, Anne Shepherd has been barred from seeing her son Sam, 42, who lives in a care home. He has severe learning disabilities.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 23 Jan 2021.
• Heart-wrenching BBC documentary tells harrowing stories of disability hate crime in Britain
  
  Former NHS nurse Ailsa, from Northern Ireland, became wheelchair-bound following a road accident and appears on BBC2's Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime tonight.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Disability: 'The abuse used to be verbal, now it's physical'
  
  Attacked because of her disability, Andrea was left with a fractured skull and a perforated eardrum.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• American Airlines bans emotional support animals
  
  Starting next next week, carrier will only allow passengers with disabilities to travel with service animals.
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 5 Jan 2021.
• Karen Killilea, 80, Dies; Turned Disability Into Triumph
  
  She refused to be limited by her cerebral palsy. Her story was the subject of two widely read books and became an inspiration to many.
  New York Times.  Monday, 21 Dec 2020.
• Unum (UNM) Enters Into $7.1B Reinsurance Deal With Global Atlantic
  
  Unum (UNM) inks a deal with Global Atlantic to reinsure its Closed Individual Disability Insurance Block business.
  Zacks.  Friday, 18 Dec 2020.
• Disabled Former N.F.L. Players Get a Reprieve on Benefit Cuts
  
  A reduction of disability payments, scheduled to start next month, has been delayed for three years, the players union announced.
  New York Times.  Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020.
• How blood and wealth can predict future disability
  
  Research shows that blood tests for biomarkers such as cholesterol and inflammation can predict disability in five years. ...
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 9 Dec 2020.
• US Students With Disabilities Afforded Equality
  
  Reasonable accommodations have been available to students in the US since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990
  Voice of America.  Tuesday, 10 Nov 2020.
• Anne Hathaway sorry for 'pain caused' after The Witches disability backlash
  
  Anne Hathaway has said sorry for "pain caused" by her latest film - The Witches - after a backlash over the movie's portrayal of limb difference.
  Sky News.  Friday, 6 Nov 2020.
• COVID-19 linked to worse stroke outcomes
  
  People who experience strokes while infected with COVID-19 appear to be left with greater disability after the stroke, according a new study.
  Science Daily.  Thursday, 5 Nov 2020.
• 3 Ways Elevating the Narrative on Disabilities Leads to Business Success
  
  Disabilities expert Ric Nelson shows how the strongest organizations do it best
  Entrepreneur.  Thursday, 5 Nov 2020.

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