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Aol News source @aol.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 7d

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Trump Mocks Biden And Obama For How They Walk -- And It Reveals More Than He Realizes
In his first rally since the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran, President Donald Trump touted his economic record and the U.
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The Boston Globe News source @bostonglobe.com · Boston 🇺🇸· 7d

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Cops and the mental health crisis: Reset needed - The Boston Globe
"He's triggered by our presence," one officer says and leaves the room, but another remains and the crying continues. Eventually his mother is able to convince him to leave his bedroom and go to the hospital.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 1w

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GOP senator rebukes Donald Trump's "learning disabilities" remark
Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, pushed back on President Donald Trump's remarks suggesting people with learning disabilities should not be president, telling The Independent: "I do not believe that those with a level of disability should automatically be excluded from being president.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 2w

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'Unbelievably cruel': Advocates decry threat to home care program
Alexi and Lorra Jorden love the personal care attendants who come to their home to assist Alexi with a range of daily activities.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 2w

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The Road to an Endometriosis Diagnosis
Cece Worley's case marks one of the few times a court has recognized the condition as deserving of workplace accommodations.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 3w

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Program for Utahns with disabilities loses its license following deaths of 3 clients left in van
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State regulators have revoked a Utah company's license to provide day treatment after police said three men with disabilities died after they were left in a running van in an employee's home garage.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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Staff member at Massachusetts autism program accused of breaking teen's arm
Cheryl Fiandaca is the chief investigative reporter and executive editor for WBZ-TV's I-Team. A staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm during an incident that was allegedly caught on video.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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Ilhan Omar's SOTU guest reveals "scary" arrest details
Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman who was one of Representative Ilhan Omar's guests to the State of the Union on Tuesday, has told Newsweek about her ordeal after she was arrested for silently standing up during the address.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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Can credit card debt be forgiven due to disability?
Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews. com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· Feb 24

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Trump official updates veterans on changes to benefits
Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence provided an update on what veterans can expect regarding a previously proposed rule change to their disability benefits, telling reporters on Sunday during a news conference the agency will not be implementing it after widespread criticism from veterans and veteran advocates.
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Yahoo! News source @ca.style.yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 15

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Should people with autism and very high needs have a separate diagnosis? Takeaways from AP's report
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the definition of autism has widened, there's been a growing push to create a new diagnosis, called profound autism, for those who need constant and lifelong care.
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Yahoo! News source @ca.style.yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 15

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Should people with autism and very high needs have a separate diagnosis? Takeaways from AP's report
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 12

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'We are treated as outcasts': Acid attack survivor fights for justice and dignity
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warning: This story contains distressing details Shaheen Malik, an acid-attack survivor and disability rights activist in India, is fighting an uphill legal and social battle to secure justice and rehabilitation for others like her - and says she will not give up despite the odds.
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USA Today News source @usatoday.com · McLean, Virginia 🇺🇸· Feb 5

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'I couldn't leave the house.' A missing wheelchair left him stranded and immobile.
Airlines mishandle thousands of mobility devices yearly, raising concerns about accessibility in air travel. * A man who relies on a wheelchair had his personal device left behind by an airline during a multi-leg flight.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 4

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PHOTO ESSAY: Making Italy's art accessible to people with disabilities
ROME (AP) -- Italy's art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists, but they haven't always been welcoming to visitors with visual impairments or other disabilities.
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STAT News source @statnews.com · Jan 5

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What does Neuralink want -- to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI?
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities' lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC's Radiolab and Scientific American, and her story debunking a bogus theory about transgender kids was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award.
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STAT News source @statnews.com · Jan 5

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What does Neuralink want -- to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI?
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Human Rights Watch News source @hrw.org · Jan 4

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Malawian Disability Rights Advocate Honored
(New York) - Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, is the 2025/2026 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch announced today on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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Human Rights Watch News source @hrw.org · Jan 4

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Malawian Disability Rights Advocate Honored
(New York) - Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, is the 2025/2026 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch announced today on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.