Australia's Disability Discrimination Act is decades old, with reform "well overdue". Removing the burden of proof could be the first step.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Only some 40 percent of disabled people are employed. But even that low figure is ...

In A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279, the Supreme Court considered the obligation of schools to refrain from discriminating on the basis of a disability. Specifically, ...

When children with disabilities experience discrimination, new research finds that the consequences may extend to their physical well-being. A study looking at more than 24,000 kids with special ...

Disability-based discrimination was reported by 12.4% of medical students with disabilities in the US, with the highest rates being reported by those with chronic illnesses and multiple disabilities.

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University of Michigan regents and faculty engaged in disability discrimination against a student accused by an instructor of ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will settle a lawsuit a federal agency filed in 2021, which accused the health system of discriminating against employees with disabilities, for $450,000. The lawsuit ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court sided against a firefighter who was forced to retire because of Parkinson’s disease on Friday, finding that she can’t file a post-employment discrimination suit ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A physician is suing the University of Iowa and Board of Regents, claiming disability discrimination and retaliation. In his lawsuit, Dr. Parijat Joy says he ...

“Too many ‘Spanish’ applicants are coming to (the Chicopee Housing Authority) from Springfield and Holyoke.” These are just a few of the bigoted statements allegedly said by the former executive ...