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Wealthy Students More Likely To Get Disability Accommodations, Study Finds

Section 504 plans are one of the most important sources of disability services in schools. Why are well-off families their biggest beneficiaries? The post Wealthy Students More Lik...

Consultation on residential services for disabled people

A six-week public consultation has been launched by the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its updated National Standards for Residential Services for Disabled Peop...

Disability advocates call for drastic changes to support services bill

The bill follows a Supreme Court ruling that two carers of adult children with disabilies were employees of the government, and therefore entitled to the same legal protections and...

Highlighting Cosmo Industries during Disability Service Professionals Week

Saskatchewan celebrated Disability Service Professionals Week in May. Global's Payton Zillich spoke with folks at Cosmo to see what fuels their passion for supporting others.

DC Dera meets Persons with Disabilities, reviews welfare measures

Disabled day care to provide active engagement to individuals

A day care facility for the developmentally disabled in Oregon will help keep individuals actively engaged throughout the day rather than sitting at home with little to do, its own...

Deaf and blind man seeks legal aid for discrimination case against HSE

Disability Researchers Turn To Families For Advice

A hospital for children and adults with disabilities is one of the first in the U.S. to hire "lived experience" partners who help researchers decide what to study and how to evalua...

Glasgow City Council staff encouraged to declare disabilities to their employer

The local authority provides interventions for people to progress into work such as training for work, paid work placements, and in-work support.

TGDA Urges Govt to Implement Transfer Exemption Guidelines for Differently-abled Employees

According to GO No. 34 issued on August 7, 2025, by the department for women, children, disabled and senior citizens’ welfare, employees with 70 per cent or more disability, parent...

AP To Start Zonal Slots for Making Disability Assessments Transparent

All services under SADAREM are free of cost. Official urges people not to pay any money to unauthorised agents or middlemen.

Access Rider: A Working Document for Disability Needs (With Example Template)

An access rider is a working document setting out your disability, medical, or Neurodivergent access needs so organizations can remove barriers

Disability group flags weak compliance with website digital accessibility rules

The National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (ESAMEA) has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of digital accessibility rules after finding that only 20% of th...

Radical Body publishes Disability Data Drive

Radical Body, a disability arts organisation providing opportunities and support for disabled artists who are facing barriers in developing careers in the creative sector, has rece...

Electives Classes Need Accommodations, Too

We often focus on accommodations and support services in core subjects, writes Trecia Tomlinson. Yet students with disabilities need the same level of support in electives, where t...

Disability Awareness Day on the River Dart

Two long-standing organisations based on the River Dart joined forces on Disability Awareness Day to showcase a partnership based on facilities and funding, displaying how people w...

As it happened: Disabled people need more supports - SF

Follow live developments from the Oireachtas with Leaders Questions under way and the Oireachtas Committee on Health is sitting

Advocates for Nova Scotians with disabilities say the provincial government has failed to consult…

N.S. advocates say province has failed to consult as it overhauls disability support - Halifax | Globalnews.caAdvocates for Nova Scotians with disabilities say the provincial gover...

Budget committee releases funds for agency that aids people with disabilities seeking work

The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee authorized $7 million in state funds Tuesday so that a state agency that supports Wisconsinites with disabilities entering the workforc...

Autistic students discriminated against in admissions

Schools continue to apply admission policies which discriminate against autistic children with the greatest level of need, despite interventions from the Department of Education an...

Disability Support Services Bill 'worst piece of legislation I've ever seen' - advocate

The government introduced the Disability Support Services Bill on Monday, aimed at "providing clarity and stability" to the system supporting disabled New Zealanders.

Omniplex employee awarded €29,000 over lack of disability accommodation

Conditions sought included avoiding late shifts, rostering two days off at a time and access to quiet room

Disabled people's access to health system - or lack of it - laid bare

A report on disabled people's experiences of health services says improvements are needed across sectors to reduce barriers to care.

Support advocates call for drastic changes

Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston. Photo: Mark Papalii / RNZ By Kate Green of RNZ As the submission deadline nears for the Disability Support Services (DSS) Bill...