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White House Sued Over Accessibility

June 17, 2025 | Source: Disability Scoop

Disability advocates are suing after the Trump White House abruptly stopped including sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events. The National Association of the Deaf filed a lawsuit late last month in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the group says its repeated requests for American Sign Language interpreters went unheeded. The federal complaint alleges that the lack of interpreters is a violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution…

The Department of Energy Is Quietly Slashing Disability Rights

June 13, 2025 | Source: Mother Jones & E&E News by POLITICO

In May, the Department of Energy quietly introduced a proposal to eliminate its longstanding requirement that new buildings receiving funds from the agency be accessible to disabled people—a rule in effect across the federal government since 1980, thanks to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. According to a document published in the Federal Register, the final rule will become effective July 15—unless it receives “significant adverse comments” before Tuesday, a month after the rule was proposed…

Trump administration’s repeal of accessibility standards alarms Colorado disability advocates

June 17, 2025 | Source: Colorado Politics

Colorado’s disability community is sounding the alarm over a little-known proposal by the federal government they say could have major implications down the road. The Department of Energy has announced plans to roll back a section of the Rehabilitation Act that requires federally funded buildings to follow certain accessibility standards. Passed over a decade before the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act only applies to buildings that receive federal funding. If the repeal happens, it would apply to buildings that receive “substantial” funding from the Department of Energy…

Migrants with disabilities experience ICE’s ableist, racist terror

June 19, 2025 | Source: Workers World

The 22-year-old U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is now perceived as international public enemy number one. Many thousands have protested the kidnapping, torture, abuse and murder of migrants in the U.S. Yet, the U.S. ableist establishment media has largely under-reported or ignored these crimes against humanity when ICE’s targets happen to be people with disabilities. A June 8 exposé in “The Disabled Ginger” entitled “Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities” unmasked this media negligence and pointed out how detention by ICE can be a petri dish that causes new disabilities and aggravates existing ones…

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Eric Dane Breaks Down in Tears Over ALS Diagnosis: ‘I Don’t Think This Is the End of My Story’

June 12, 2025 | Source: People

Eric Dane is having his first sit-down interview since revealing that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). On Thursday, June 12, the 52-year-old actor appeared in a teaser clip for an upcoming segment on Good Morning America, speaking about his health with Diane Sawyer. “I wake up every day and I’m immediately reminded that this is happening,” he told Sawyer. “It’s not a dream.” The 30-second clip shows Dane and Sawyer holding hands as they talk about life following his diagnosis…

These states have the highest rates of dementia in the U.S., new study finds

June 12, 2025 | Source: Fortune

Now, researchers at the University of California San Francisco have identified the U.S. regions, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where dementia occurs most often. The large and comprehensive study, published in JAMA Neurology, examined data on more than 12.6 million veterans 65 and older enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration system; only 2% were women. Researchers found the highest incidence in the Southeast (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida) and the lowest in the Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Washington D.C.)…

Supreme Court win for Minnesota girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier

June 12, 2025 | Source: KSTP and NPR

A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education. The girl’s family says that her Minnesota school district didn’t do enough to make sure she has the disability accommodations she needs to learn, including failing to provide adequate instruction in the evening when her seizures are less frequent. But lower courts ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short…

Gov. Mills signs bill to help students who suffer from seizures

June 12, 2025 | Source: WGME

Governor Janet Mills signed a bill Thursday designed to help students who suffer from seizures at school. The legislation directs the Department of Education to provide resources if a school asks for help developing a seizure action plan. A Maine student helped introduce it. Abby Werthmann has drug-resistant epilepsy and has about 40 seizures a day. She says creating a seizure plan with staff at Falmouth High School was a big part of her success in school. The governor says because of Werthmann, help at the state level is now signed into law…

Bronx student pushing to pass bill for better accessibility in movie theaters

June 17, 2025 | Source: CBS New York

A Bronx high school student is pushing to pass a bill that would require closed captions in movie theaters across the state. Sarah Lin, a senior at Bronx High School of Science, is working outside of school to create better accessibility in movie theaters for people within the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. “Growing up with a mom who has severe progressive hearing loss, I’ve seen firsthand how inaccessible movie theaters can be,” Lin said. “I’m fighting for the Open Captioning Accessibility Act to be passed in New York, which would mean that movie theaters across in New York state would be required to have some showings per week that have open captions for all their audience members.”…

Forbes’ Accessibility 100 List 2025: Innovation in Accessibility

June 17, 2025 | Source: Forbes

Accessibility is about far more than wheelchair ramps or live captioning. The field has emerged as a bustling innovation hub, an educational imperative and—unapologetically—an untapped business opportunity. “This isn’t a legal obligation or ‘We just want to do nice things for those poor people,’” says Marcie Roth, executive director of the World Institute on Disability. “You’re leaving money on the table because you’re only marketing to three out of four people.” Forbes’ first-ever Accessibility 100 highlights the biggest innovators and impact-makers in the field of accessibility for people with disabilities…

Arecibo responds to ADA lawsuit with accessibility improvement plan

June 17, 2025 | Source: News is My Business

Following a federal lawsuit alleging multiple violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Municipality of Arecibo has launched a plan to improve accessibility across public buildings and spaces, Mayor Carlos “Tito” Ramírez-Irizarry confirmed. The lawsuit, filed by the father of two children with spinal muscular atrophy, names the Municipality of Arecibo, the Government of Puerto Rico and 16 local businesses as defendants. According to the complaint, people with disabilities in Arecibo face persistent barriers due to systemic noncompliance with accessibility standards…

With new hire, San Antonio church makes the faith accessible for deaf Christians

June 17, 2025 | Source: Chron

Pastor Ed Newton was raised by deaf parents in Orlando, Florida. Though the 49-year-old grew up learning American Sign Language, most of the local churches at the time didn’t offer services for deaf visitors. After becoming the lead pastor at San Antonio’s Community Bible Church in 2016, Newton noticed that an increasing number of churches in Texas and across the U.S. had started offering ASL interpretation and Bible-study classes. However, there were still a limited number of deaf individuals being hired as full-time pastors offering their own services…

MTA begins major accessibility upgrades at three Bronx Metro-North stations

June 18, 2025 | Source: Bronx Times

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced the start of a comprehensive renovation and accessibility project at three Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line stations in the Bronx: Williams Bridge, Woodlawn and Botanical Garden. Crews will completely rebuild the Williams Bridge and Woodlawn stations, installing four new elevators—two at each location—to make the stations fully accessible. Both stations will receive new platforms with internal snow-melting systems, upgraded platform foundations and piers, extended platforms, and full stairway replacements…

This simple fitness test might predict how long you’ll live

June 18, 2025 | Source: The Washington Post

A simple test of your balance, strength and flexibility, known as the sitting-rising test, could be an early indicator of how long you’ll live, according to a large-scale new study of mobility and mortality. The study, published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, looked at how well 4,282 men and women aged between 46 and 75 could lower themselves from a standing position to the floor and then stand back up again with as little assistance as possible from their hands, knees, furniture or human helpers…

WHYY’s Bridging Blocks tackles ableism and accessibility in latest community conversation

June 18, 2025 | Source: WHYY

In the United States, 13.6%, or almost 45 million, adults have some type of disability, according to the Census Bureau. In Philadelphia, 18.4% of adults, or more than 280,000 people, identify as having some type of disability. That’s the highest rate of any large city in the nation. The latest Bridging Blocks community conversation focused on the problems this group of Philadelphians faces daily, chiefly accessibility, ableism and not being heard. The Bridging Blocks series, hosted by WHYY in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia, is an effort to bring people together in conversation so they can humanize each other and learn from one another’s experiences…

A woman fears her eyesight won’t be saved in time due to research grant cuts

June 18, 2025 | Source: NPR

The Trump administration’s feud with Harvard has axed research grants. A woman with a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness says crucial research may not be ready in time to save her eyesight. Jessica Chaikof and her older sister Rachel were both born deaf. At the time, the family didn’t know exactly why. And so we pretty much lived our lives normally with cochlear implants. But in 2006, when Chaikof was just 11 years old, her older sister started having vision problems and was diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 1F. It’s a rare genetic disorder that causes deafness at birth and then, over time, blindness…

DHS backlog impacting medical care, support services for some lower-income Minnesotans with disabilities

June 18, 2025 | Source: KSTP

A backlog at the Minnesota Department of Human Services has kept some lower-income people with disabilities from daily support services. Others are at risk of a gap in those services. Hundreds of applications related to that care, known as Integrated Community Supports (ICS), sit unprocessed. Justina Blatterman has been waiting for one such application to be processed. She relies on round-the-clock care, including a personal care attendant (PCA). Those services are managed by non-profit Accessible Space, Inc. (ASI)…

Omaha Performing Arts introduces SoundShirt to expand accessibility at live events

June 19, 2025 | Source: Silicon Prairie News

Omaha Performing Arts is piloting a wearable technology designed to help deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons feel the rhythm, drama and emotion of live performances through touch. The SoundShirt, developed by UK-based wearable tech company CuteCircuit, uses 28 embedded micro-actuators to translate sound into real-time tactile sensations across the body. O-pa is one of the first performing arts organizations in the country to test and potentially deploy the technology across all of its venues…

The Proposed AI Moratorium Will Harm People with Disabilities. Here’s How.

June 19, 2025 | Source: Tech Policy Press

Among Congress’s chief duties is to pass a budget that appropriates funding for federal agencies. On May 22, the US House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation package that would structure government operations for the 2026 fiscal year, sending it to the Senate. As many disability rights and justice advocates have said, many provisions in the bill would have devastating impacts on people with disabilities — particularly the $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid that could lead to over 10 million people losing their health coverage…

Finding needs and filling them to help people with disabilities

June 19, 2025 | Source: Fox61

Jaymie Bianca, the president and co-founder of Bristol-based nonprofit OpportunAbility, is practically a one-woman movement, helping people with physical and intellectual disabilities. It’s been nearly a life-long passion for her because she saw the need firsthand in her little brother, although “little” is being technical. “I have a twin brother named Brandon,” she said. “I’m two minutes older than him.” Brandon is two minutes older but about a foot shorter at 6’ 5”, with a kind smile and an affable nature…

Jack Fact — The UK is home to 16 million disabled people, representing 24% of the population, according to the Family Resources Survey.

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Wheelchair user wants to make UK water accessible

June 12, 2025 | Source: BBC- UK

A wheelchair user is calling for more to be done to make the UK’s beaches and waters accessible to everyone. Will Behenna, from Wimborne, wants people with medical and mental health conditions and disabilities to share their blue space experiences in an online survey. The 53-year-old paddleboard instructor said his own desire to get out on the water independently inspired him to set up the Beach Access Project. “I know how powerful it is for me to be on the water and to be connected with other people on the water,” he said. Mr Behenna was seriously injured when he road his bike into a car while training for a triathlon aged 16…

Self-driving taxis that are not accessible will be allowed pilot scheme licenses, government suggests

June 12, 2025 | Source: Disability News Service- UK

Companies will be allowed to launch self-driving taxis and minibuses in pilot schemes in England as early as next spring even if the vehicles are not accessible to disabled people, the government has suggested. A disabled peer who raised concerns about the issue in the Lords last year, Baroness [Sal] Brinton, said yesterday (Wednesday) that she was “very, very concerned” and planned to question the government about its position. She spoke out after the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that it had brought forward the launch of pilot projects of self-driving vehicles to next spring, subject to a consultation on regulations later this summer…

Minister to soften impact of planned disability benefit cuts

June 12, 2025 | Source: BBC- UK

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is making changes to her package of welfare reforms in an attempt to reassure Labour MPs who are considering rebelling against the plans. Kendall has tried to soften the impact of planned benefits cuts worth £5bn a year by 2030 before MPs vote on the government’s welfare changes. The welfare reform bill will include proposals to make it harder for disabled people with less severe conditions to claim personal independence payment (Pip). The BBC has been told anybody who loses Pip will receive the payment for a transitional period of 13 weeks, rather than the usual four weeks, before it is removed…

Inclusive by Design: Accessible Infrastructure through Empowered Participation of People with Disabilities in Indonesia

June 13, 2025 | Source: Asian Development Bank- Indonesia

Elias Katapi, a person with visual impairment navigates the renovated Mutiara Sis Al Jufri Airport independently, “I can travel without being worried, now that there is tactile paving that guides my feet and my cane when I am walking in the airport.” The Mutiara Sis Al Jufri Airport in Palu City, along with many other buildings, was devastated in a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that was followed by a tsunami and massive soil liquefaction that struck the cities of Palu, Donggala, and other areas in Central Sulawesi in September 2018…

Man says bus cut will mean he cannot get to job

June 13, 2025 | Source: BBC-UK

A man in Guernsey says he will not be able to get to his full-time job following the news that a bus service for disabled islanders is stopping from July. UnLtd at the Ron Short Centre said it was told on Wednesday its application to the Social Investment Fund had been rejected, forcing it to stop its transport service. Lee Vaudin, 46, said: “It means a lot to me to actually get here [to work] because I get paid a wage for doing what I do. The Ron Short bus comes to pick me up in the morning and take me back at night. If there is no way of getting in, I can’t come.”…

Systemic barriers tarnish progress marking 20th anniversary of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

June 13, 2025 | Source: Ontario Human Rights Commission- Canada

Twenty years ago, on June 13, 2005, the AODA took effect after all parties of the Legislature unanimously passed this ground-breaking law. This landmark legislation set 2025 as the target year for achieving accessibility in Ontario. Although there has been much progress, in the targeted year, that goal is largely unmet. Over the past two decades, accessibility standards were regulated into law for preventing new barriers in transportation services; information and communications, such as documents, websites and emergency procedures; customer service, including use of service animals and support persons; employee recruiting and accommodation planning; and public spaces like paths and recreational trails…

Dancing to remember: Moving to the rhythm of music improves mental and cognitive health

June 13, 2025 | Source: EL PAÍS- Spain

Dancing has many positive effects on the body and mind: it strengthens the heart, improves blood circulation, helps tone muscles, reduces stress, releases endorphins, and even helps improve interpersonal relationships. Now, a recently published review and meta-analysis determines that dancing is also just as effective as exercise in terms of psychological and cognitive outcomes. This means that dancing can help improve the quality of life of people with early stages of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and it also helps reduce anxiety and improve depressive symptoms…

New Draft Proposes Major Accessibility Reforms in Transport for Persons with Disabilities

June 14, 2025 | Source: Deccan Herald- India

A new draft framework has proposed sweeping changes to transport systems to make them more accessible for persons with disabilities (PwDs), including mandatory wheelchair space in buses and Metro trains, step-free toilets at stations, level boarding, and trained staff across air, rail and road transport networks. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has invited comments and suggestions from the stakeholders and general public on the draft accessibility standards for the transport and mobility sector…

Navigating New Zealand’s ableist health system with a disability

June 15, 2025 | Source: RNZ News- Australia

Julie Woods has navigated the world without sight since 1997 – but it is New Zealand’s healthcare system that has most often left her in the dark. “For so long now, we’ve been getting our appointment letters in print, which – as a blind person – just seems so ridiculous,” she said. “I received a letter from ACC in print and when I called them to say, ‘This is not my preferred format – could you please email it to me?’, they said, ‘No, we can’t do that’.” Woods said there seemed to be a lack of awareness from healthcare workers, when it came to dealing with people who were blind – such as when an ophthalmologist handed her printed pre-operative instructions before cataract surgery…

If you’re blind and need stuff from a store in Queenstown, how do you find it?

June 15, 2025 | Source: Sault Ste. Marie News- Canada

The city’s accessibility advisory committee is recommending that standardized street numbers be placed on all downtown Queen Street addresses, to enable those with low vision to find their way. The idea was suggested by Carol Magnan, the outspoken blind activist who convinced the public works department last month to fix long-neglected accessible pedestrian traffic signals at 27 unsafe intersections. “So our downtown is looking really good,” Magnan told a meeting of the committee last week, referring to the ongoing reconstruction work on Queen Street…

DfT shows ‘disappointing lack of urgency’ on accessibility

June 16, 2025 | Source: New Civil Engineer- UK

The Department for Transport (DfT) has shown a “disappointing lack of urgency” in its response to the Transport Select Committee’s report on transport accessibility. The report, Access denied: rights versus reality in disabled people’s access to transport, published on 20 March 2025, found that disabled people’s experience on UK transport “should be a source of national embarrassment”. MPs on the committee speaking collectively via the report demanded a new inclusive transport strategy to address the failings…

B.C. municipality pushes for European-style elevators to cut costs, boost accessibility

June 16, 2025 | Source: CBC News- Canada

A Vancouver Island municipality is pushing the province to make changes to its elevator rules in a bid to make homes more accessible and affordable. The District of Saanich recently voted unanimously to send a resolution to the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM), calling on the province to “legalize” smaller and less expensive European-style elevators in low- and mid-rise buildings in which an elevator would otherwise not be installed. Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, who brought the motion forward, says the idea stemmed from a chance conversation over coffee…

Tip shop makes change after parents address sale of kids’ disability equipment

June 16, 2025 | Source: ABC- Australia

When Bridget Lockley and her partner saw their local tip shop selling an adaptive children’s bike, what could have been an opportunity instead left them outraged. The bike was priced at $500. The same store was also selling a children’s high-low chair without cushions for $1,500. Ms Lockley said bikes for those without adaptive needs were typically about $25 at the store. One of Ms Lockley’s daughters has a rare gene change causing multiple diagnoses. She said her daughter requires a lot of different equipment, listing a walking frame, adapted bike, specialised seating, self-care equipment, standing frame, change table, shower equipment and a high-low bed as some of the items needed…

Passengers with accessibility needs report mixed flying experiences

June 17, 2025 | Source: Travel Weekly- UK

Air passengers with accessibility needs are less satisfied with the experience of air travel than able consumers, according to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) research. But they are more satisfied with air travel than other forms of transport. A survey of 3,500 UK adults, conducted last autumn, found 61% had flown in the previous 12 months, eight percentage points up year on year, but only 41% of those with disabilities had flown. Two-thirds of people with disabilities who had flown (69%) said they were satisfied with the flight and airport experience compared with 78% of all air travellers…

Few easy wins for House of Commons accessibility but reserved seating and call lists should be considered, research shows

June 17, 2025 | Source: University of Exeter- UK

Introducing reserved seating for members with a disability and call lists to make proceedings more predictable would make the Houses of Parliament more accessible, research shows. There is also room to increase participation of Members in disability audits of the parliamentary estate. Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, from the University of Exeter, gave evidence to the Modernisation Committee as part of their inquiry into working environments for disabled MPs and adjustments which could be considered for them…

Mother calls for change after daughter with intellectual disability told to wait five months for CT scan

June 17, 2025 | Source: ABC- Australia

One of Imogen’s favourite games is to play doctor with her teddy. As she pretends to take a blood sample, it is clear how familiar she is with being reassured during medical procedures. “It’s OK Teddy, it doesn’t hurt,” she tells a knitted bear fitted with a cannula. The five-year-old knows what it is like being scared of needles, hospitals and health workers. Imogen lives with a rare condition, which involves intellectual disability and profound hearing loss. To prepare for medical procedures, her parents use games, toys and stories…

We don’t see anyone like us in jobs, say people with Down’s syndrome

June 17, 2025 | Source: The Times- UK

A lack of visible workplace role models is a big barrier to seeking employment for those with learning disabilities such as Down’s syndrome or autism, a study has found. There are about 1.3 million people with learning disabilities in the UK, but only about 5 per cent are employed. Three quarters of people with a learning disability would be more confident in applying for jobs if they saw similar people in customer-facing roles, according to the research by the polling company Savanta. Only 16 per cent of employed people with learning disabilities said they knew someone they could learn from with a similar condition in the workforce…

Alzheimer’s could start 20 years before memory fades, study warns

June 17, 2025 | Source: Daily Express- UK

Experts are sounding the alarm: the initial symptoms of Alzheimer’s might appear decades before memory loss, potentially revolutionizing the battle against the UK’s leading cause of death. A groundbreaking study suggests that early indicators could be spatial awareness difficulties, such as navigation troubles or standing too close to others, manifesting up to 20 years prior to the classic signs of memory impairment and disorientation. Seattle-based researchers have conducted an extensive study, analyzing the brains of 84 individuals posthumously diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, revealing startling signs of neuron death well before any visible damage on brain scans…

Lawmaker with ALS to retire after paving way for accessibility

June 18, 2025 | Source: The Asahi Shimbun- Japan

Yasuhiko Funago, a barrier-breaking member of the Upper House who helped make the Diet more accessible for people with disabilities, announced that he will retire at the end of his current term. Funago, 67, made the announcement on June 17 after serving six years as a lawmaker while living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a severe neurological disease that causes muscle weakness and paralysis. The opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi member cited his age and declining physical strength for deciding not to seek re-election in next month’s poll…

Ukraine’s first lady, Vienna mayor visit accessibility center

June 19, 2025 | Source: Ukrinform- Ukraine

Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, and Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig visited one of the Austrian capital’s centers dedicated to promoting accessibility. Zelenska shared details of the visit on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. “Today I have the opportunity to explore various dimensions of accessibility in Austria. Together with the mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, I am visiting a center focused on accessibility. The U2/U5 Infocenter — an interactive space dedicated to the development of Vienna’s public transport and its future infrastructure — demonstrates how Austria integrates accessible mobility and space.”…

Non-Disabled People’s Delusions That Disability ‘Is Nothing To Do With Them’ Only Harm Disabled People

June 19, 2025 | Source: Byline Times- UK

I can’t believe I’m asking this question again. Who the hell are the disabled? In light of recent announcements by the Government, and darker responses from some non-disabled people, it plainly needs answering once more. When it comes to our threatened benefits and faltering freedoms – even our right to exist – how do we respond to this increasingly bleak narrative that asks questions such as ‘it’s nothing to do with me, why should I pay for them?’ and ‘why should I be bothered about these others?’…

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