Careers and the disabled in recessions
Disabled workers have been shown over and over to be excellent workers. Many jobs like IT do not require anything more than someone with a college education that is sitting at a desk with a phone and a computer. Since many paraplegics can easily do work sitting at a desk there is no reason that [...]
New transport law in North Ireland
For years the disabled have been complaining that taxis and bus drivers have refused service, charged extra to take them on board, or have just roared past them because they didn’t want to deal with a wheelchair on the bus. Finally a new law, the "Disability Transport Regulations" now require that taxis, buses and trains [...]
Newly disabled in Haiti finding new life difficult
Falling debris and collapsing building have created hundreds and perhaps thousands of disabled people. Many have have lost more than one limb, making it all but impossible to get around a country that never was very disability friendly. With few building standards to begin with, there are no ramps for wheelchairs and mass transit has [...]
UK: Disabled see worst layoffs in decades
Five percent of the disabled people that had a job have been laid off in the last 12 months as the ever enveloping recession hits all areas of employment. The job losses put the disabled people at risk in losing their cars and homes forcing them on the street or in nursing homes because there [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland loses disability case
In a landmark case that will change the way the disabled are treated in England, an 18 year old man tried to get the bank to modify their entryway so that he could use the bank from his wheelchair. After refusing to fix the problem, David Allen was forced to sue the bank in that [...]
Hobby Lobby loses ADA lawsuit
Hob-Lob Inc, better known as Hobby Lobby a gift and craft store chain has lost a major ADA lawsuit. The case started when a worker was injured and could no longer use a ladder in their job. Rather than finding a job that the worker could do within the company, Hobby Lobby decided to let [...]
Gov’t plans to get rid of disabled in “emergencies”
State governments are making plans on how to deal with disabled people during emergency situations. New York State has devised a set of triage standards that are to be followed by doctors during times of emergency. Originally public views were to be put into these standards, but that quickly fell by the way side as [...]
Cambridge City Council Ignores ADA and Service Dog rights
A woman who lives in Cambridge, Mass. a disabled woman wanted to sit in on the city council meetings but was refused because she has a service dog. The dog was in the chamber several times before without issue, but suddenly one of the council members has become allergic to animals. Even with the dog [...]
Disabled heckled at meeting
At a town hall meeting in New Jersey a disabled woman who spends half her day in a wheelchair was heckled. She started to explain that she has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjogren’s Syndrome, both which destroy healthy nerves. Then she explained what she thought should be in the health care bill for the disabled when [...]
Olmstead Act turns 10
Ten years ago the Olmstead Act was put into law. This act removed the last of the “ugly” laws that controlled where and how disabled people lived in the state of Georgia. A lawsuit then started where land owners and home owner associations tried to make their rules against the disabled the official law of [...]
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