“Tobeas sad as you want to be, to disconnect from your people’s pain — these are luxuries,” says Shatha Abusrour, a disability rights activist based in Bethlehem in the West Bank who coordinates ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

One July morning in 1990, a crowd gathered on the White House lawn, some in wheelchairs, others holding signs, many with tears in their eyes. President George H.W. Bush lifted his pen and signed his ...

(RNS) — I co-wrote this month’s column with Meghan Schrader, academic enrichment assistant at the E4texas program at the University of Texas at Austin, who has served as an affiliate faculty member in ...

A quarter century after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the rights of people with disabilities to live in the community, federal officials are cracking down on Americans with ...

On January 2, the Supreme Court ordered political parties to include persons with disabilities in their proportional ...

Justice Valmiki Menezes of the Bombay High Court on Saturday urged judicial officers to ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities when they approach courts in pursuit of justice.

Panaji: Justice Valmiki Menezes of the Bombay high court on Saturday appealed to judicial officers to provide equal ...

The history of the disability rights movement in India is a history of modest victories alongside some crucial setbacks. However, in recent years, mainstream historiography has valorised these ...