disabilities

  • People with Disabilities Face Extra Obstacles in Voting

    NEW YORK – People living with disabilities have often faced physical obstacles to casting their votes, but their advocates say voting by mail can present a different set of challenges. In every election, people with disabilities have encountered polling places that lack wheelchair ramps or other accommodations. But now,...
  • Las Personas con Capacidades Limitadas Enfrentan Obstáculos Adicionales al Votar

    New York, NY – Para las personas que viven con capacidades diferentes, incluso emitir un voto puede representar todo un conjunto nuevo de obstáculos. Comenta Mónica Bartley, organizadora de contacto comunitario en el Centro para la Independencia de las Personas Discapacitadas New York (“Center for Independence of the Disabled...
  • Santa Clara County Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit

    Lawsuit Addresses Improved Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities at the Santa Clara County Jails SCC SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA –The Parties to the action Cole v. County of Santa Clara, N.D. Cal No. 5:16-cv-06594 (filed Nov. 2016) have reached an agreement on a Consent Decree to address conditions...
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