Community Voices: Keep Funding that Lets People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities Be as Independent as Possible

Community Voices: Keep funding that lets people with intellectual and development disabilities be as independent as possible

June 22 marked the 26th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Olmstead v. LC, a 1999 case that gave power to the Americans with Disabilities Act by ruling that disabled Americans have the right to live in the…

Marriage Equality Remains a Distant Goal for Disabled Americans

Disabled couples are still forced to choose between love and survival due to an unjust “marriage penalty” baked into U.S. law that puts their benefits, healthcare and autonomy at risk. The post Marriage Equality Remains a Distant Goal for Disabled Americans appeared first on Ms. Magazine.

Why this activist is putting her body on the line for Americans with disabilities

Latoya Maddox, an activist, on the fight to protect the needs of disabled Americans, as time runs out to save their Medicaid-funded services.