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[TRENDING NEWS] Marcel Hug and Madison de Rozario Win N.Y.C. Marathon Wheelchair Races

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Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: November 8, 2021 at 01:37AM Hug, a four-time champion, dominated the men’s division, while de Rozario won her first women’s title, pulling away in the second half of the race.

[TRENDING NEWS] Helen Keller and the Problem of ‘Inspiration Porn’

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Author: BY M. LEONA GODIN - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 02:00AM We've used the story of her life as a kind of shorthand for the disabled experience, as if there were just one. But we are here and we are many.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Disability Drives Innovation’

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Author: BY SHIRA OVIDE - Publish Date: October 14, 2021 at 11:41PM Audiobooks are an example of a technology developed by or for people with disabilities that has helped all of us.

[TRENDING NEWS] People with disabilities have a tougher time getting Covid vaccines, the C.D.C. reports.

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Author: BY BENJAMIN MUELLER - Publish Date: October 1, 2021 at 12:00AM It is a stark signal of what the agency’s scientists said was a need for U.S. health officials to remove barriers to access.

[TRENDING NEWS] The U.S. says Texas’ ban on school mask mandates may violate disabled children’s rights.

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Author: BY AMANDA MORRIS - Publish Date: September 30, 2021 at 11:45PM The Department of Justice filed a court brief saying that the ban runs afoul of federal law if, as parents claim, it is preventing their disabled children from safely attending public schools.

[TRENDING NEWS] Voice Assistants Don’t Understand Us. They Should.

Author: BY CHAR ADAMS - Publish Date: September 23, 2021 at 02:00AM Even for new technologies, accessibility matters.

[TRENDING NEWS] Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy

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Author: BY ROBERTA SMITH - Publish Date: August 21, 2021 at 12:59AM The artist was a great one-hit wonder, twice, before a scandal set in. Will his paintings regain visibility? Our critic argues it is healthier for us to see them.

[TRENDING NEWS] He Is a Journalist With Autism, but in His Book, That’s Not the Whole Story

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Author: BY JOHN WILLIAMS - Publish Date: August 17, 2021 at 12:01AM Eric Garcia, the author of “We’re Not Broken,” talks about public policy’s role in caring for autistic people, his reportorial instincts and more.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Long Covid’ patients will be covered by federal disability law, Biden says.

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Author: BY ANNIE KARNI - Publish Date: July 27, 2021 at 12:57AM People with persistent health problems from a coronavirus infection can qualify for benefits under the Americans With Disabilities Act, the president said on Monday.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: In ‘You Are Here,’ Dancing and Splashing at Lincoln Center

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Author: BY GIA KOURLAS - Publish Date: July 26, 2021 at 02:05AM A selection of New Yorkers reflecting on their pandemic experiences became part of this piece, conceived and choreographed by Andrea Miller.

[TRENDING NEWS] Making Work Accessible

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Author: BY JULIA ROTHMAN AND SHAINA FEINBERG - Publish Date: July 23, 2021 at 12:11AM The Americans With Disabilities Act was passed 31 years ago. According to this vocational rehabilitation counselor, we need it now as much as ever.

[TRENDING NEWS] Erin Gilmer, Disability Rights Activist, Dies at 38

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Author: BY CLAY RISEN - Publish Date: July 18, 2021 at 03:26AM She fought for a more compassionate health care system, bringing an extensive knowledge of policy and even more extensive firsthand experience as a patient.

[TRENDING NEWS] Court Overturns F.D.A. Ban on School’s Electric Shock Devices

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Author: BY AMANDA MORRIS - Publish Date: July 16, 2021 at 12:27AM The ban sought to stop a school in Massachusetts from using shock therapy to prevent harmful behaviors in students with disabilities.

[TRENDING NEWS] G.O.P. Bills Rattle Disabled Voters: ‘We Don’t Have a Voice Anymore’

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Author: BY MAGGIE ASTOR - Publish Date: June 15, 2021 at 02:00AM Legislation across the country would restrict voting methods and accommodations that people with disabilities are disproportionately likely to rely on.

[TRENDING NEWS] Christina Crosby, 67, Dies; Feminist Scholar Wrote of Becoming Disabled

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Author: BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE - Publish Date: January 27, 2021 at 07:28AM After a bicycle accident left her paralyzed, she wrote a memoir, “A Body, Undone,” which refused to draw tidy lessons about overcoming hardship.

[TRENDING NEWS] Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

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Author: BY ALLYSON WALLER - Publish Date: December 30, 2020 at 07:30AM The airline says it will permit service dogs only, following a move by the U.S. Department of Transportation to reclassify the types of service animals allowed on flights.

[TRENDING NEWS] Travis Roy, Who Inspired Millions After a Hockey Tragedy, Dies at 45

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: October 30, 2020 at 11:19AM After an awkward fall 11 seconds into his first Boston University game left him a quadriplegic, he dedicated his life to advocacy for similarly disabled people.

[TRENDING NEWS] Mississippi Mental Health System Violates Federal Law, Judge Says

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Author: BY MIHIR ZAVERI - Publish Date: September 5, 2019 at 09:15AM Judge Carlton W. Reeves said he would appoint a special master to oversee the system. The federal government sued the state in 2016.

[TRENDING NEWS] My Doctor Said I Wouldn’t Walk. I Can.

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Author: JOHN ALTMANN - Publish Date: August 29, 2019 at 07:00AM My grandmother showed me how to surpass the expectations that the ‘medical model’ had set for me.

[TRENDING NEWS] He Was Shot and Paralyzed 37 Years Ago. That’s Not How the Story Ends.

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Author: NEAL HIRSCHFELD - Publish Date: August 2, 2019 at 07:00AM In 1982, a teenager rushed his friend to the hospital after a gun accident. A reporter went back and retraced what happened next.