New Travel Protections For Passengers Flying With Wheelchairs
The Transportation Department has expanded the rights of airline passengers with mobility disabilities. The first changes will go into effect next month.
Biden Administration Moves to End a Minimum Wage Waiver for Disabled Workers
A plan by the Biden administration would phase out a provision that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage.
American Airlines Fined $50 Million for Treatment of Disabled Passengers Using Wheelchairs
The Transportation Department issued the fine after an investigation revealed “cases of unsafe physical assistance that at times resulted in injuries and undignified treatment of wheelchair users.”
U.S. Proposes New Rules to Ease Flying for Travelers in Wheelchairs
The Transportation Department said the proposed regulations would make it easier to hold airlines accountable for mishandling passengers’ wheelchairs.
How Educators Secretly Remove Students With Disabilities From School
Known as informal removals, the tactics are “off-the-book” suspensions often in violation of federal civil rights protections for those with disabilities.
My Daughter Expects to Work. Will She Make Only $3.35 an Hour?
We need to consider how we can more effectively support people with disabilities in the mainstream work force.
How These Sign Language Experts Are Bringing More Diversity to Theater
As productions increasingly include characters and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, deaf and hearing people who translate the shows for deaf audiences are trying to keep up.
How Doctors View Patients With Disabilities
When patients with disabilities receive substandard care. Also: Kari Lake’s defeat; Mike Pence; Ukraine; South African coal; Apple’s betrayal; when to brush.
These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients With Disabilities
When granted anonymity in focus groups, physicians let their guards down and shared opinions consistent with experiences of many people with disabilities.
New York City AI Bias Law Charts New Territory for Employers – Bloomberg Law
Broad artificial intelligence bias law is first of its kind … Disability Bias in AI Hiring Tools Targeted in US Guidance (1).