Disabilities
Some extraordinarily special Olympics days in Los Angeles
July 30, 2015The 6,500 athletes are accompanied by their 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators in attendance.
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Disabled workers paid sub-minimum wages in sheltered workshops
March 12, 2014People with intellectual or physical disabilities are often working in "sheltered workshops" across this nation for sub-minimum wage.
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Tap the disability rights movement’s untapped power
February 13, 2014Though Marx and Engels may not have predicted the rise of an engaged population of people with disabilities, they did predict the push toward "improvement."
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Ohio town rallies around hungry, disabled woman charged with penny theft
October 18, 2013BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - Residents here rallied around Deirdre Romine, who was charged with theft after she was found with $2.87 in wet pennies in her pocket, scavenged to buy some food.
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Today in labor history: Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law
July 26, 2013The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law today in 1990.
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