On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders of the ...

Features 8,000+ artifacts documenting disability rights and culture. Preserved office of founder Henry Viscardi Jr. highlights his advocacy work. Offers school field trips, workshops, group tours and ...

DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...

UCLA junior Vivek Chotai doesn’t plan to pursue his school’s new disability studies major — the first of its kind at any public university in the state — or even take classes in it. Yet for the ...

Black and underserved communities face disparities in health care access, employment, and insurance coverage. The new Norton West Louisville Hospital aims to bridge the health care accessibility gap ...

James LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent Living ...

The debate over the reconciliation bill in Congress, with its deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, is causing shock and despondency for people with disabilities and their family members who have spent ...

Approximately five hundred million persons throughout the world have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Join James I. Charlton, Executive Vice President of Access Living in ...

Each July, our community observes Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate our experiences and show the world how people with disabilities move through and experience that world in a variety ...

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.” Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was ...

More than one billion. That’s how many people live with a disability around the world. One in six of us. When we factor in family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, we come to realize that ...

Zona Roberts, recognized as the “grandmother of the disability rights movement” has died at the age of 104. Described as “the embodiment of fierce love” by Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, the executive ...