Disability Scoop

States Sue Over Right Of People With Disabilities To Live In The Community

In a new twist in a long-running lawsuit, a coalition of states is challenging the right of people with disabilities to live ...
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It took years of protests, and Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act

In March 1990, several demonstrations led by the disability rights group ADAPT served as an impetus to passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the ...
USA Today

34 years after passage of Americans with Disabilities Act, data sheds light on the disabled

Thursday marks 34 years since President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act guaranteeing equal protection for people with disabilities. Modeled after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, ...
Newsweek

Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the Americans with Disabilities Act | Opinion

This summer, disability rights advocates sued California over its so-called End of Life Options Act. Under this 2016 law, assisted suicide is available to persons deemed terminally ill with less than ...