Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for ...

After deliberating for just over three hours, a jury at a courthouse in Rockville, Maryland, has found that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) did not use the disability of former employee ...

In a split decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in PHT Holding I LLC v. Security Life of Denver Insurance Co., rejecting the plaintiff’s claim that the ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a ruling on whether a disability rights campaigner can sue hotels for failing to disclose accessibility information if she doesn’t plan to book a ...

It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a San Diego ...

A Connecticut court is being asked to decide if obesity is a disability and, in doing so, may pit one state agency against another. The court case involves a state corrections officer who applied to ...

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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a final order from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission finding that ...

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a new case that is testing what “cruel and unusual” punishment, protected by the Eighth Amendment, could look like for everyone. The Court held it is ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Navy veteran seeking an exception to the Department of Veterans Affairs' post-service claims filing deadline, arguing that his ...

The 2024 Paralympics closed in style on Sunday. The Stade de France in Paris transformed into a huge electronica dance party with the world’s elite para-athletes doing a farewell conga. It was a ...