Disabled people’s access to transport in UK a ‘national embarrassment’, MPs say | Transport
Access to transportation for disabled people has been called “national embarrassment” by lawmakers on parliamentary committees, and he said a new enforcement regime is needed to maintain the right to travel. A report from the Commons Transport Select Committee highlighted the experiences of people with disabilities using UK transport services, from accounts of wheelchair users […]
Isaiah Fields gets 25 years after impregnating disabled woman at Illinois facility
Prosecutors say the caregiver will spend the next 25 years in prison after sexually assaulting and conceived a severely disabled woman living in an Illinois facility where he worked. Isaiah Fields, 23, used a 43-year-old woman with Rett syndrome at the Markland Hyde Centre between August 1, 2023 and September 5, 2023. The Daily Herald […]
Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled | Disability
Keir Starmer is defiing rage growth by pushing for welfare cuts for some of the UK's most severely disabled people, an overhaul that allows more than 600,000 benefit claimants to lose an average of £675 a month. The minister will abandon plans to freeze individuals' independent payments (PIPs) amidst the rebound. But they tighten the […]
Veteran-led excavation in South Carolina seeks to advance understanding of past, empower disabled vets
A group of disabled veterans recently came together to unearth the battlefield of revolutionary war, which was far from normal excavation. The project was organized by the American Veterans Archaeological Recovery (AVAR), and took place for four weeks and ended in February. Fourteen veterans came to Carshaw County, South Carolina, excavated the location of the […]
NJ bus aide who was on phone as disabled 6-year-old strangled herself sentenced to 3 years
An aide on a New Jersey school bus that was calling between a 6-year-old disabled person strangled in a wheelchair harness, landed three years later at the back of the bar. Amanda Davila, 28, was found guilty of child danger earlier this year in the death of Little Fage Williams, who died in 2023 on […]
Left’s Attempts To Help Disabled Workers May Be Doing More Harm Than Good
Although various Democrats and rights groups have advocated in recent years for disabled workers to pay higher wages, reducing certain low-wage job programs can have harmful effects on such workers. Many workers with intellectual or developmental disabilities are dependent Minimum wage Job Programs Established in Section 14(c) of Fair Labor Standards Act 1938, allowing employers […]
Georgia House advances bill ending death penalty for the intellectually disabled
The Georgia home unanimously passed the bill Tuesday, reducing the threshold for those facing the death penalty that are considered intellectually disabled and disqualified them for death sentences. Republican Rep. Bill Verhazer had previously introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for someone to prove they are intellectually disabled, in order to prove they are […]
Insurer for nearly 50,000 poor, elderly, disabled people in Mass. running out of money – The Boston Globe
However, after a multimillion-dollar operating loss, Commonwealth Care's cash reserves fell dramatically, causing MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, in November, to block the insurer from buying new members. Advocates of disabled people recently wrote in a letter to state regulators that the company is about to be bought, but said these efforts have not been […]
Chilean national arrested in Texas with jamming device that disabled officers’ communications
The Chilean citizen was arrested in Texas after the robbery, during which he was able to use radio jamming devices to interfere with the arrest officer's communications. Ignacio Castillo Contreras, 22, was charged with robbing a resident for obstructing radio frequency approved by a government agency in connection with the February 8 incident, according to […]
Porn star Emily Willis left ‘permanently disabled’ after Malibu rehab sting for ketamine addiction
Pornostar's Emily Willis's family complains of the rehabilitation center, which was discovered that she had unconscious results and found that she was unconscious while she was in a facility to treat ketamine addiction. 。 The Summit Malibb and its parent company's Malib Lighthouse Treatment Center, according to the record of the post, has given the […]