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News Articles: disabilites

If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, health policy researcher Ari Ne'eman says people with disabilities face a "unique threat."

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With disability rights under attack, history offers hope and a possible playbook

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they've fought for rights before and won.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Dan Gorenstein and
  • Leslie Walker
Kim Hilton inside his new apartment at an assisted living facility in Columbia Falls, Mont. Hilton can't afford the unit on his own, but after a long search was able to get one of the limited slots in a Medicaid program that helps pay for assisted living. <br>

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  • Health

For homeless seniors, finding stable housing takes a village — and a lot of luck

The number of unhoused seniors is expected to triple by 2030. As rents rise, it becomes tougher to find affordable housing that's accessible for those with medical conditions and disabilities.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Tabi Haly defied expectations. She's a woman with spinal muscular atrophy — also, a software engineer and a vice president at JPMorgan Chase.

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  • Investigations

This disabled woman built a career. A federal program that helped now penalizes her

Supplemental Security Income provides the medical care that lets people work. But its rules are complex and out of date. 

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
The <em>Wall Street Journal</em> is being sued by former reporter Stephanie Armour, who covered health policy and COVID-19. She alleges she was targeted because of a disability.

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  • Media

‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discrimination

The Wall Street Journal has conducted multiple rounds of layoffs this year. In a lawsuit, former reporter Stephanie Armour says the paper tried to shed employees with significant health-care costs by citing “trumped up performance issues.”


July 09, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Umesh Balal, an activist and member of the Indigenous Magar people of Nepal, says people with disabilities need to be part of the climate conversation.

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  • Global Health

This 28-year-old from Nepal is telling COP28: Don't forget people with disabilities

Umesh Balal is determined to make the voices of people with disabilities, young people and Indigenous people heard at the world's largest meeting on climate change.

December 12, 2023
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  • Ruchi Kumar
House keys

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  • News

Struggle to provide housing for Georgians with developmental disabilities remains, study says

Georgia lacks appropriate housing options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to a new study.

May 30, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
 Lisa Newbern, whose son Griffin has Down Syndrome, says she worries about her son’s ability to obtain services when he becomes an adult. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

New commission, pay hike for caregivers proposed to help Georgians with disabilities

Advocates for people with disabilities and their caregivers spoke Thursday at the state Capitol.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
An illustration of author Frank Bruni next to the cover of his book, The Beauty of Dusk.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Revisiting our conversation with journalist Frank Bruni on 'vision lost and found'

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We revisit our conversation with writer Frank Bruni. His book, The Beauty of Dusk, details how his life was changed by a stroke that left him blind in one eye. Bruni imparts a hope-filled message on how to change your perspective during dark times.

December 27, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut
Callie Moore (right), who is 26 and lives in her own apartment in Athens, was one of 188 people in Georgia who would have been affected by a state proposal that has since been abandoned.

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  • Health

State agency drops plan to limit at-home care for dozens of people with disabilities

State agency officials have abandoned a controversial plan that would have limited at-home nursing care for about 200 people with disabilities. But about 7,000 other people remain on a waiting list for services.

December 10, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
Body camera video recorded the arrest of Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, in Loveland, Colo. Garner, then 73, has dementia and sensory aphasia.

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  • National

The Violent Arrest Of A Woman With Dementia Highlights The Lack Of Police Training

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

June 15, 2021
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By:
  • Leigh Paterson

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