Disability Discrimination: Information, News, Examples | Publications
Summary: The Disability Discrimination: Information, News, Examples database at Disabled World (DW) contains a broad spectrum of publications centered on disability discrimination. This includes scholarly articles, news reports, legal analyses, and practical examples showcasing instances of discrimination in various sectors such as employment, education, public services, and healthcare. The database also features discussions on legislation, policy changes, court cases, and advocacy efforts aimed at combating discrimination against individuals with disabilities, offering both recent developments and historical context on the issue.
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
|---|---|---|
| Why Advocates Fear a Return to Disability Institutions Federal moves on special education, civil commitment and disability rights have advocates warning of a shift back toward institutional care in the U.S. | ✓ ✓ | 5 Jul 2026 |
| Othering, Ableism, and Disability: How Society Creates Outsiders Among Us Othering transforms people with disabilities and seniors into outsiders through exclusion, stereotypes, and discrimination that denies their full humanity. | ✓ ✓ | 19 Jan 2026 19 Jun 2026 |
| Chapter 11. Discrimination Against People With Disabilities Analysis of disability discrimination across education, employment, and social life, combining research with lived experience to illuminate barriers and solutions. | ✓ ✓ | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Systemic Barriers Deny Justice to Nepal's Persons with Disabilities Study exposes systemic barriers to justice for persons with disabilities in Nepal, urging urgent reforms for accessible and inclusive legal systems. | ✓ ✓ | 21 May 2025 |
| Understanding Microaggressions: The Hidden Impact of Everyday Interactions Microaggressions are subtle, harmful slights rooted in stereotypes. Learn how to recognize, address, and prevent their impact on marginalized groups. | ✓ ✓ | 16 Feb 2025 |
| Children Perceive Discrimination's Impact Differently Than Adults In the United States, children frequently encounter discrimination in their daily lives as witnesses, victims, and, sometimes, as perpetrators. | ✓ ✓ | 12 Dec 2024 21 Jan 2026 |
| Bias in Health Care Study Reveals Discrimination Toward Children With Disability Study reveals children with disabilities, and their families, may face discrimination in the hospitals and clinics they visit for their health care. | 27 Jun 2023 4 Jul 2023 | |
| The 30 Basic Human Rights According to UDHR List of the 30 basic human rights according to Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by United Nations (UN) signed in Paris on 10 December 1948. | ✓ ✓ | 20 Apr 2023 10 Nov 2025 |
| Are Human Rights a Thing of the Past? Recently, scholars have expressed doubt that the language of human rights still animates the global fight for better living conditions. | 20 Apr 2023 | |
| Reducing Big Companies Unconscious Bias Against Disabled People Working for a big company or in an HR role does not lower the likelihood of showing unconscious bias against disabled people at work. | 23 Mar 2023 | |
| Bias and Discrimination Toward Disabled Seeking Health Care People with disabilities report having a difficult time accessing health care and often find that doctors' offices refuse to accommodate them. | 3 Oct 2022 | |
| Bullying by Social Exclusion More Common Than Aggressive University of Missouri-Columbia study finds perceptions of popularity, social status at school impact social exclusion. | 28 Aug 2022 | |
| Diversity in the TV Industry How accurately minorities are represented in TV Industry jobs compared with presence in wider UK workforce and national population. | 25 Nov 2020 9 Feb 2021 | |
| Are Disabled People Losing the Equality Fight in Britain? British writer Paul Dodenhoff writes on the upcoming U.K. election and asks whether people with disabilities are losing the equality fight in Britain. | 11 Dec 2019 | |
| Hidden Bias: Ableism Grows Despite Public Progress Study reveals implicit bias toward people with disabilities rises with age and time, despite more positive public attitudes; contact reduces prejudice. | ✓ ✓ | 19 Jul 2019 8 Oct 2025 |
| Filing Employment Discrimination Complaint with U.S. EEOC Information on how to file an employment discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). | 14 Feb 2019 30 Mar 2026 | |
| Australian Disability Discrimination Act Information Information on The Australian Disability Discrimination Act 1992 which aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities in Australia. | 14 Feb 2019 | |
| Disability Bullying by Greshun De Bouse™ Greshun De Bouse writes on disability bullying and the effects it can have on people with disabilities. | 7 Feb 2019 12 Sep 2023 | |
| How People Judge the Exclusion of Others - Is it Their Own Fault? The way people view social exclusion of others varies depending on how much they think the excluded person is to blame, and is heavily influenced by how similar group members are to each other. | 29 Jun 2018 | |
| UPS to Pay $2M to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Claims United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) agrees to pay $2 million to nearly 90 current and former UPS employees to resolve nationwide disability discrimination lawsuit filed in 2009 by EEOC. | 9 Aug 2017 24 Mar 2020 | |
| Diallo's Nightclub Sued: Fired Employee for Not Providing HIV Test Result EEOC charged Diallos violated federal law when it forced employee to provide medical documentation to prove she was not HIV-positive, then fired her when she failed to provide documentation. | 9 Jan 2017 1 Jul 2018 | |
| Joyce Banda Promotes Disability Rights at Washington Harkin Summit Stakeholders must have a clear understanding of the global scope of the challenges that people with disabilities face, particularly in the developing world. | 31 Dec 2016 22 Dec 2022 | |
| Disability Hate Crime Within the UK - Estimated Incident Rates Not Decreasing EHRC suggests there has not been dramatic change in the incidence of disability hate crime either up or down. | 27 Nov 2016 | |
| Reexamining Hate Crimes Against Intellectual Disabilities Examines hate crimes against people with intellectual disabilities, highlighting motivations, patterns, and societal factors behind these acts. | ✓ ✓ | 20 Nov 2016 25 May 2025 |
| U.S. Department of Justice Sues Georgia for Segregating Students with Disability Lawsuit against state of Georgia alleging treatment and segregation of students with disabilities in GNETS Program violates Americans with Disabilities Act. | 24 Aug 2016 26 Nov 2022 | |
| Justice Department Finds Nevada Discriminates Against Inmates with HIV and Other Disabilities Nevada Department of Corrections policies and practices for housing and employing inmates with disabilities violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). | 21 Jun 2016 | |
| Mobile Destination Sued For Disability Discrimination EEOC federal agency charges mobile phone retailer management withdrew job offer to salesman because he uses a wheelchair. | 17 May 2016 26 Sep 2017 | |
| Equal Opportunities for Children with Diabetes Settlement with Arlington-Mansfield Area YMCA reached to resolve allegations it violated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying a child opportunity to participate in summer day camp program because of his diabetes. | 24 Feb 2016 20 Jul 2020 | |
| AMC Theatres Sued for Vision Disabilities Discrimination Class action lawsuit to challenge discrimination against movie-goers who are blind or low-vision. | 24 Feb 2016 | |
| Emotional Support Animals in University Housing Settlement Justice Department reaches settlement with Kent State University to resolve allegations of discrimination in university-operated student housing. | 11 Jan 2016 6 Nov 2016 | |
| United Airlines Fined for Violating Airline Disability Rules U.S. Department of Transportation fines United Airlines for violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities and violating rule prohibiting long tarmac delays. | 10 Jan 2016 | |
| Challenges Facing Muslims with Disabilities in Western Nations Examines challenges faced by Muslims with disabilities in UK, US, and Canada, highlighting the need for greater inclusivity in faith communities. | ✓ ✓ | 13 Dec 2015 23 May 2025 |
| Nut Jobs - Nut Cases - Brazil Nuts: Eradicating Derogatory Terms Paul Dodenhoff writes on why it is important to eradicate derogatory terms regarding mental illness and mental impairment. | 24 Sep 2015 19 May 2019 | |
| Why Do Women Commit Disability Hate Crime Katherine Quarmby asked recently in an article written for the Guardian newspaper, why do women commit disability hate crime. | 23 Jul 2015 12 Sep 2020 | |
| Is British Disability Welfare Reform Simply a Display of 'Hate' Over recent years I have become concerned over successive British Governments and their treatment of disability, particularly concerning welfare reform. | 13 Jul 2015 15 Sep 2020 | |
| Abuse, Harassment, Violence Towards Disability - Prejudice or Vulnerability? There are arguably a number of reasons why disability hate crime has largely been ignored. | 28 May 2015 15 Aug 2021 | |
| Hate Speech: Crimes Against Americans with Disabilities Results of a survey reveal anti-disability hate-speech is still very much alive in America. | 22 Mar 2015 24 Aug 2021 | |
| UK Equality Act 2010 Facts and Information Facts and helpful information regarding laws, rules, and rights relating to the UK Equality Act 2010 to end discrimination against the disabled. | 16 Feb 2015 3 Sep 2021 | |
| The Continuing Demonization of Disability - Ignorance or Incitement Paul Dodenhoff writes on the continuing demonization of disability - ignorance or incitement. | 16 Jan 2015 | |
| Analysing the Motivation of Hate: Disability Hate Crimes Paul Dodenhoff writes on Analysing the Motivation of Hate in relation to disability hate crime, to get people to think about, and discuss the topic. | 17 Nov 2014 12 Apr 2020 | |
| Analysing Characteristics of Disability Hate Crime Paul Dodenhoff examines some key characteristics surrounding a number of high profile hate crime cases in the U.K.. | 6 Nov 2014 29 Nov 2020 | |
| UK Disability Hate Crime Network Information regarding The Disability Hate Crime Network in the U.K., a group that challenge hate crime committed against disabled people. | 4 Nov 2014 1 Dec 2020 | |
| Addressing Stigma Faced by Patients and Providers with Disabilities Insightful article exploring how stigma affects disabled patients and providers, with practical steps to foster respect and improve healthcare inclusion. | ✓ ✓ | 10 Oct 2014 21 Apr 2025 |
| 'Hidden Hate' : Why are We Still Failing Disabled People As Hidden Hate focuses on the continuing failures within the capital city of London, the center of British politics itself, in tackling disability hate crime. | 29 Sep 2014 8 Oct 2023 | |
| UN Disability Rights Convention: Countries & Status Current tracking of 181 countries that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, plus signature and accession dates. | ✓ ✓ | 22 Sep 2014 5 Jan 2026 |
| Silence is Golden: UK Human Rights Violations and the British Media Paul Dodenhoff writes on the strange lack of coverage in the U.K. media in regards to recent human rights violations. | 11 Sep 2014 9 Dec 2020 | |
| Has Negative Government or Media Rhetoric, Caused Disability Hate Crime Within the UK In this article Paul Dodenhoff points out that disability hate crime is highly complex, and we actually understand very little about it as yet. | 26 Aug 2014 13 Nov 2021 | |
| Is the UK Under UN Investigation for Human Rights Abuses Against the Disabled Will the UK become the first country to face a high-level inquiry by a United Nations committee for human rights violations concerning the disabled.... | 20 Aug 2014 14 Nov 2015 | |
| The Complexity of Hate: Learning Disability, Autism, Asperger's Hate crime committed against perceived mental disability - by Paul Dodenhoff, a PhD research student at Lancaster University, Law School UK. | 18 Aug 2014 6 Jun 2021 | |
| The Complexity of Hate: UK Disability Hate Crime Paul Dodenhoff reports on academic thinking on disability hate crime committed towards people with disabilities - Includes case studies. | 12 Aug 2014 30 Mar 2026 | |
| Disability Hate Crime: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics In this article Paul Dodenhoff looks at social sciences and statistics in regard to disability hate crime. | 4 Jun 2014 30 Mar 2026 | |
| DRLC Sues Riverside County Medical Center for Discrimination Against Patients and Visitors with Disabilities Lawsuit alleges Ms. Goldkorn experienced a range of disability related access issues at the Medical Center as a patient and as a visitor. | 22 May 2014 12 Sep 2023 | |
| Five Faces of Oppression - Disability Hate Crime in the UK Exploring the five faces of oppression affecting disabled individuals in the UK, including exploitation, marginalization, and violence. | ✓ ✓ | 14 May 2014 3 Mar 2025 |
| Disability Hate Crime - A Male Crime Paul Dodenhoff examines whether disability hate crime is predominantly a male gender characteristic. | 6 May 2014 22 Jul 2021 | |
| Disability No Justification for Denying People's Right to Make Their Own Decisions UN committee stresses new disability rights guidelines on implementing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | 27 Apr 2014 | |
| Silencing Discriminatory Language One Conversation at a Time Author, Attorney and Motivational Speaker Tali Raphaely is on a mission to silence discriminatory language one conversation at a time. | 16 Apr 2014 | |
| UK Disability Hate Crime: Misleading Focus on Disability Attitudes Paul Dodenhoff a PhD student writes on investigating the motivation behind disability hate crime within the United Kingdom. | 29 Mar 2014 30 Mar 2026 | |
| US Justice Department Enters Consent Decree with H&R Block Requiring Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Apps Under ADA Justice Department enters consent decree with National Tax Preparer H&R Block requiring accessibility of websites and mobile apps under Americans with Disabilities Act. | 6 Mar 2014 6 Nov 2016 | |
| The Cause of Disability Hate Crime within the UK Paul Dodenhoff is a PhD research student based at the Law School, Lancaster University, investigating disability hate crime within the UK. | 4 Mar 2014 30 Mar 2026 | |
| $240M Awarded for Abuse of Workers with Disabilities Jury awards $240 million for decades of abuse and discrimination against workers with intellectual disabilities at Henry's Turkey Service in Iowa. | ✓ ✓ | 9 May 2013 9 Jun 2025 |
| Charles Dickens Literature Showcased Discrimination Against Disabled Charles Dickens characters and plots often dealt with difficult social realities and portrayal of disabled and social discrimination they faced is no exception. | 16 Jan 2013 24 Feb 2022 | |
| Reporting Workplace Obesity Discrimination In cases of employment discrimination against obesity people can pursue a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA). | 18 Nov 2012 13 Jan 2022 | |
| Rocking the Cradle Report on Ending Discrimination Against Parents with Disabilities Rocking the Cradle report released by NCD receives accolades from disability organizations and people with disabilities across the U.S.. | 23 Oct 2012 8 Jul 2021 | |
| Justice Department Intervenes on Behalf of Test Takers with Disabilities Lawsuit alleges LSAC fails to provide testing accommodations to ensure test takers demonstrate their aptitude and achievement level rather than their disability. | 21 Oct 2012 | |
| Disabled Workers Awarded $1.3M for Pay Discrimination Henrys Turkey Service violated Americans with Disabilities Act by paying 32 workers with intellectual disabilities severely substandard wages. | 26 Sep 2012 | |
| Disability Discrimination Law Explained in EEOC Tour Commissioners of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission U.S. tour to explain and discuss Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). | ✓ ✓ | 2 Sep 2012 25 Mar 2025 |
| Children with Diabetes Can Attend Summer Camps Town of Simsbury Connecticut agrees to modify policy for children with diabetes attending summer camps. | 21 Apr 2012 29 Mar 2022 | |
| U.S. Supreme Court Considers Religious Exception to Anti-Discrimination Laws Exploring a U.S. Supreme Court case on the ministerial exception's scope concerning disability discrimination in religious institutions. | ✓ ✓ | 25 Nov 2011 3 Mar 2025 |
| EEOC Sues BAE Systems for Disability Discrimination in Workplace EEOC sued BAE for dismissing a morbidly obese employee without accommodation, clarifying obesity can qualify as a disability under the ADA. | ✓ ✓ | 6 Oct 2011 9 Jun 2025 |
| Employment Discrimination Claims Reach Record Highs EEOC data shows workplace discrimination complaints hit all-time highs, with retaliation surpassing race bias as the most reported violation. | ✓ ✓ | 19 Sep 2011 19 Jan 2026 |
| Freedom from Exploitation, Violence and Abuse Exploitation can involve absence of something or refusal to include something such as ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | 24 Aug 2011 3 Oct 2016 | |
| Data Tool to Combat Pay Discrimination Considered by DOL DOL tool would improve OFCCs ability to gather data that could be analyzed for indicators of discrimination disparities faced by female and minority workers. | 20 Aug 2011 | |
| First Step to U.S. Signing of CRPD July 30th of 2009 found the United States of America signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | 28 Jul 2011 9 Mar 2024 | |
| Challenges of Disabled Parents Seeking Custody or Visitation Case of paralyzed semiconscious mother of three who according to her parents is being denied a relationship with the children whose delivery nearly killed her. | 16 Jun 2011 15 Mar 2022 | |
| Justice Department Reaches ADA Settlement with Wells Fargo The agreement requires Wells Fargo to take the following steps to improve access for customers with disabilities. | 2 Jun 2011 30 Mar 2026 | |
| Starbucks Sued for Disability Discrimination Starbucks Coffee Company violated federal law by denying a reasonable accommodation to a barista with dwarfism at its El Paso cafe and then firing her because of her disability. | 19 May 2011 | |
| Accommodations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Prisoners Class action lawsuit in response to systemic discrimination by Illinois Department of Corrections and its failure to provide accommodations to deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. | ✓ | 5 May 2011 6 Feb 2025 |
| EEOC Sues Sysco Oklahoma for Disability Bias Unlawful inquiries into the existence nature and severity of an employee disability. | 1 May 2011 | |
| Discrimination Leads to Male Obesity Issues Males who persistently experienced high levels of discrimination during a nine-year period were more likely to see their waist circumference increase. | 12 Apr 2011 22 Apr 2022 | |
| Negative Attitudes Toward Obesity Going Global Globalization of fat stigma in which overweight people are increasingly viewed as ugly undesirable lazy or lacking in self control. | 28 Mar 2011 | |
| Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Person with Disability DHHS denied Jonathan critically needed habilitation services based upon a staff re-write of one of the State mental health plans. | 24 Feb 2011 | |
| Delta Airlines Fined $2M for Violating Rules Protecting Air Travelers with Disabilities Penalty of $2 million against Delta Air Lines for violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities. | 18 Feb 2011 | |
| ADA Workplace Disability Discrimination Rights & Claims Understanding ADA protections, reasonable accommodations, and employee rights when facing disability discrimination in the workplace under federal law. | ✓ ✓ | 30 Jan 2011 19 Jan 2026 |
| Disability Discrimination Case Against Property Management Company for $1.25M Settled Justice Department Settles Disability Discrimination Case Against Property Management Company for $1.25 Million. | 28 Dec 2010 | |
| Lawsuit Against Co-op City for Human Rights Violation Lawsuit Against Co-op City for Human Rights Violation - Building Entrance Inaccessible for Person with Cerebral Palsy. | 13 Dec 2010 | |
| Human Rights Day: Speak Up to Stop Discrimination IDA calls on the UN, State and civil society actors to speak up to stop discrimination against the human rights of persons with disabilities. | 12 Dec 2010 20 Apr 2023 | |
| National Waste Removal Firm Admits Disability Discrimination EEOC charged that IESI violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired Harper because of his dyslexia disability. | 29 Nov 2010 11 Jun 2016 | |
| 2009 FBI Hate Crime Statistics Hate Crime Statistics published by the FBI includes data from hate crime reports submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. | 26 Nov 2010 4 Oct 2023 | |
| Workplace Discrimination Against Disabled Workers Persists Despite ADA protections, disabled workers face 14.5% unemployment versus 9% for non-disabled, with 79% of working-age disabled adults jobless in studies. | ✓ ✓ | 26 Aug 2010 19 Jan 2026 |
| No Discrimination Where Disability is Only Perceived Employment Solicitors Trethowans look at a recent discrimination case the Disability Discrimination Act. | 25 Aug 2010 14 Nov 2017 | |
| National Legislative Measures Aimed at Strengthening Rights of Persons with Disabilities Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | 3 Sep 2009 7 Feb 2019 | |
| Disability Pact Provides Road Map to Improve Lives of Millions People with disabilities suffer some of the worst human rights violations but U.N. treaty provides a road map to improve this situation. | 7 Mar 2009 12 Jun 2016 |
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