Disability news and information for the USA and surrounding Americas, includes updates on U.S. disabilities such as facts, statistics, rules, and lawshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/en-usSat, 07 Mar 2026 11:22:14 EDTAmericasSenators oppose HHS rule removing gender dysphoria from disability protections under Rehabilitation Act, warning of broader discrimination riskshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/removing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/removing.phpFri, 23 Jan 2026 10:57:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNYC launches Opening Doors challenge to gather innovative ideas for improving building accessibility, inclusion, and safety citywidehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/opening-doors.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/opening-doors.phpMon, 15 Sep 2025 15:43:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasUVA researcher partners on NIH study to help the nation discuss, and better address, the concept of structural ableism and where it may result in healthcare disparitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/uva-nih.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/uva-nih.phpMon, 04 Nov 2024 17:22:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasResearch shows that disability accessibility in voting during the 2024 presidential election is more important than everhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/2024-election.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/2024-election.phpSat, 26 Oct 2024 12:22:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasRecent poll reveals deep distrust in the US judicial system, with 33% of Americans expressing no confidence that courts will act in their best interesthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/court-credibility.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/court-credibility.phpWed, 02 Oct 2024 16:52:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasCalifornian Valley fever cases usually peak from September to November; drought temporarily dampens these peaks, but leads to bigger surges once rain returnshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/valley-fever.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/valley-fever.phpTue, 03 Sep 2024 15:47:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWhile U.S. firearm laws such as requiring safe storage are associated with lower suicide rates, they do not appear to reduce homicide rateshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/suicides-homicide.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/suicides-homicide.phpThu, 11 Jul 2024 15:39:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasExposure predicted elevated rates of disability in both sexes, but different exposure types connected more significantly to various disabilities in men and womenhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gun-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gun-disability.phpTue, 21 May 2024 17:51:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasProposed Canadian Federal Pharmacare Legislation, Bill C-64, risks being rushed ahead to the detriment of seniors and their familieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/bill-c-64.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/bill-c-64.phpThu, 16 May 2024 12:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAn investigation revealed patients deprived of all outdoor access at majority of New York City (NYC) run psychiatric hospitalshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/outdoor-access.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/outdoor-access.phpThu, 09 May 2024 11:20:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe leadership of Infection Prevention and Control Canada calls for Canadian federal government to take urgent action to be ready for the next pandemichttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ipac.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ipac.phpMon, 29 Apr 2024 10:46:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasStudy reveals gun manufacturers are appealing to women as serious students of firearms in their advertising - a shift in strategy that may be contributing to increased gun saleshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gunfluencers.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gunfluencers.phpWed, 13 Mar 2024 16:33:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasLawmakers propose legislation to update technology accessibility regulations to ensure full and equal participation for people with disabilities in the digital agehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/cvta.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/cvta.phpTue, 25 Jul 2023 16:46:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSome individuals are falsely denying firearm ownership, resulting in research not accurately capturing the experiences of all firearm owners in the U.Shttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/firearm-ownership.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/firearm-ownership.phpSat, 24 Jun 2023 09:41:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasDuring Disability Awareness Month, Sen. Markey and Rep. Porter introduce legislation to prohibit discrimination in jury service based on disability and agehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/jury-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/jury-disability.phpFri, 31 Mar 2023 11:47:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasA series of experiments found that exposing partisans to information about a common enemy instilled in Republicans a more profound distrust of Democratshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/enemy-americans.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/enemy-americans.phpSat, 03 Dec 2022 12:01:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSenator Markey sends letter to DOE and DOJ stressing need for stronger policies to avoid limiting students access to higher education based on disability through the use of involuntary medical leaves of absencehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/senator-markey.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/senator-markey.phpWed, 30 Nov 2022 17:37:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasStudy analysis shows the sheer magnitude of firearm fatalities in the U.S. over the past 32 years and the growing disparities by race and ethnicity, age, and geographic locationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/firearm-death.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/firearm-death.phpWed, 30 Nov 2022 12:05:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAmericans are considerably more likely to share theories to promote or show support for them and use it as a way to connect with othershttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/americans.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/americans.phpTue, 08 Nov 2022 11:47:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAHF launches Corporate Vampires Suck ad campaign against CVS over anti-competitive pharmacy practices that harm HIV and AIDS patients and small pharmacieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/vampires-suck-ads.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/vampires-suck-ads.phpSun, 11 Jul 2021 12:25:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasPresident Trump administration issues second round of sweeping changes to support U.S. healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemichttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/second-round.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/second-round.phpThu, 30 Apr 2020 16:54:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericas$24 Million in temporary wage increases for direct support professionals in group homes and supervised apartments; new guidance for hospitals on families and loved oneshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/covid-action.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/covid-action.phpThu, 30 Apr 2020 11:11:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasMany disabled are vulnerable to COVID-19 because of health conditions, people who are blind and those who use wheelchairs are finding it impossible to maintain social distancehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/pandemic-hunger.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/pandemic-hunger.phpSat, 11 Apr 2020 10:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasHealth care professionals in US developing protocols including COVID-19 treatment rationing that will determine who will and will not have access to life-saving treatmenthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/covid19-treatment-rationing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/covid19-treatment-rationing.phpTue, 24 Mar 2020 09:05:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasUnder proposed change the U.S. government would look more closely at whether certain disability insurance recipients still qualify as disabled after they have already been awarded benefitshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/slash.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/slash.phpWed, 15 Jan 2020 13:16:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSupporters joined in the celebration at Encino Banquet and Garden in Tarzana, to share in the presentations of this year's ILCSC Awardshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/tarzana.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/tarzana.phpSun, 24 Nov 2019 11:24:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNew Jersey dad declares war on son's incurable disease - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. JAR of Hope nonprofit funds start of medical infusions to slow rare disease that effects 20,000 in U.S.https://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/jar-914.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/jar-914.phpTue, 19 Nov 2019 14:12:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasCandidates for office ignore the disability community at their peril as 74% of likely voters have a disability or have a family member or friend with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/2018-midterms.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/2018-midterms.phpMon, 08 Oct 2018 09:16:25 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasMorgan's Wonderland Wall of Fame honors individuals from coast to coast who have distinguished themselves in doing great things for people with special needshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/mw-nominations.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/mw-nominations.phpFri, 08 Jun 2018 17:53:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasDisability related information focusing on Central America and Mexico including statistics on disabilities in the regionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/camstats.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/camstats.phpSat, 23 Dec 2017 12:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNational Council on Disability recommends decoupling eligibility for cash and health benefits; amending small business act to benefit business owners with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ncd-report.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ncd-report.phpSat, 28 Oct 2017 10:33:34 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNew report finds less than half of passenger service workers surveyed at DEN trained in emergency response and evacuation and UC Berkeley study shows livable wages improve airport security by keeping experienced workers on the jobhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/airports.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/airports.phpWed, 18 Oct 2017 15:16:22 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasCombined cuts to Medicaid and education suggest that spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderlyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/spending-cuts.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/spending-cuts.phpMon, 03 Jul 2017 12:05:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasMany Americans, including seniors and the disabled, continue to suffer anxiety and stress from the 2016 election results, highlighting a lasting mental health impacthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/100-days.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/100-days.phpThu, 20 Apr 2017 09:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAutistic Self Advocacy Network condemns Presidents World Autism Awareness Day proclamation, and announcement that the White House will be participating in Light It Up Blue campaignhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/lightitupblue.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/lightitupblue.phpSun, 02 Apr 2017 19:10:58 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe bill repeals a rule from the Obama administration that stripped Second Amendment rights from certain disabled Social Security beneficiarieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/abraham-bill.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/abraham-bill.phpSat, 04 Mar 2017 11:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasTrump signs executive order to decrease economic burden of policies and regulations that impact constituencies of the Affordable Care Acthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/aca-rollback.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/aca-rollback.phpTue, 24 Jan 2017 16:48:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasBenefits of winning ASBL case against Pentagon would be prodigious for women, minority, and service disabled veteran owned small businesses as they are currently only receiving fraction of contracts they are legally entitled tohttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/asbl.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/asbl.phpMon, 12 Dec 2016 15:22:21 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasLearn how you or a loved one with a disability can prepare for Election Day with this guide from USAGovhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/election-2016.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/election-2016.phpThu, 03 Nov 2016 06:39:15 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWhite House celebration marks fulfillment of President Barack Obama goal to hire 100,000 people with disabilities into the federal governmenthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/wh-event.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/wh-event.phpThu, 27 Oct 2016 10:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSummit addressed financial knowledge and skill gaps of Americans with disabilities and barriers that prevent their full participation in the economic mainstreamhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/economic-divide.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/economic-divide.phpTue, 25 Oct 2016 11:13:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasHillary Clinton outlines her vision for an Inclusive Economy in the latest in her Stronger Together series of speecheshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/clinton.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/clinton.phpWed, 21 Sep 2016 17:08:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAMA adopts community guidance to reduce the harmful human and environmental effects of high intensity street lightinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/led-lighting.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/led-lighting.phpFri, 17 Jun 2016 06:39:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe scam comes in an email seeming to be sent from the Social Security Administration with the subject line Get Protectedhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/fake.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/fake.phpTue, 09 Feb 2016 18:28:44 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAs popularity of ziplining grows so do related injuries so researchers call for adoption of uniform safety standards across Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ziplining.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ziplining.phpThu, 14 Jan 2016 19:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasExecutive actions on gun control falsely link mental health conditions and gun violence, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violate civil rightshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/eagv.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/eagv.phpSun, 10 Jan 2016 18:08:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasU.S. White House press release regarding actions to reduce gun violence and make American communities saferhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gun-control.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/gun-control.phpTue, 05 Jan 2016 18:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWells Fargo & Company announce celebration of 25th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act with events across the U.S.A.https://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/25th-ada.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/25th-ada.phpSat, 20 Jun 2015 12:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasDisability activists urge Princeton University to denounce Professor Peter Singer comments, and call for his resignationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/resign.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/resign.phpTue, 09 Jun 2015 16:09:33 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNearly 10% of residents dissatisfied with current housing, neighborhood, local safety or public services to the point they want to movehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leave.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leave.phpFri, 20 Mar 2015 10:40:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe Oakmont High School teacher lost everything she has worked for including her livelihood, her independence, and her ability to teach and make a difference in the lives of her studentshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/losing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/losing.phpWed, 31 Dec 2014 08:57:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSenator Tom Harkin unveiled a report that he instructed his staff to investigate barriers that people with disabilities face as they seek to rise out of poverty and enter the middle classhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/economic.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/economic.phpThu, 25 Sep 2014 16:41:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSenator Tom Harkin Harkin introduces three new bills as part of his Access for All agenda to help Americans with disabilities achieve economic independence and reach the middle classhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/accessforall.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/accessforall.phpWed, 24 Sep 2014 11:46:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNational Council on Disability (NCD) joins the legion of civil rights and civic organizations to call for greater justice and accountabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/solidarity.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/solidarity.phpWed, 10 Sep 2014 19:09:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSenate Foreign Relations Committee takes crucial final step toward ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leaders.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leaders.phpTue, 22 Jul 2014 19:17:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNational Council on Disability urges swift ratification of the Disability Treaty after recent Supreme Court Decisionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/urged.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/urged.phpMon, 09 Jun 2014 16:16:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAAAS Board of Directors strongly urges United States to become a party to United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/aaas.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/aaas.phpFri, 02 May 2014 13:43:51 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSurvey of emergency contraceptive pills in Peru found that 28 percent of batches studied either substandard quality or falsified https://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/contraceptives.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/contraceptives.phpThu, 24 Apr 2014 10:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasColombian Constitutional Court permits surgical sterilization of minors with disabilities without consent, sparking international condemnation and debatehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/no.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/no.phpFri, 21 Mar 2014 09:17:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNCD outlines principles to guide design and implementation of managed care services for Americans with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/implementation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/implementation.phpTue, 19 Mar 2013 16:55:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasFeeding America warns that pending cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) will put many of our nation's seniors at risk of hungerhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/snap.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/snap.phpSun, 26 Aug 2012 12:02:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasU.S. International Council on Disabilities effort to get the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified in Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/senate-ratification.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/senate-ratification.phpSun, 27 May 2012 10:39:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAgreement on Social Security between Canada and Brazil will coordinate pension benefits and provide retirement disability and survivor benefits to eligible Canadians and Brazilianshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/canada-brazil.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/canada-brazil.phpTue, 09 Aug 2011 12:53:54 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasA new study on U.S. death rates finds that the numbers are in the same range as deaths from heart attacks and strokehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/american-poverty.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/american-poverty.phpThu, 23 Jun 2011 17:11:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasMore than 80% of American counties fell in standing against the average of the ten nations with the best life expectancies in the worldhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/life-expectancy-falls.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/life-expectancy-falls.phpWed, 15 Jun 2011 15:28:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasBrazil has vastly expanded health care coverage improved the populations health and reduced many health inequalities but universal and equitable coverage remains elusivehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/expands-coverage.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/expands-coverage.phpTue, 10 May 2011 17:49:06 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasStudy reveals armadillos as a leprosy source in the southern US, with genetic evidence linking shared infection strains between animals and humanshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leprosy.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/leprosy.phpThu, 28 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasFederal health disparities action plan targets racial and ethnic minorities, addressing preventive care gaps and expanding access to quality healthcare nationwidehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disparities.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disparities.phpFri, 08 Apr 2011 11:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasData show the share of immigrant-headed households legal and illegal with children using at least one welfare program continues to be very highhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/immigrants.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/immigrants.phpTue, 05 Apr 2011 12:59:53 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasDevelopmental Disabilities Act Revisited recommends Congress change to develop a more uniform national policy that will support goals of Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Acthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-policy.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-policy.phpSat, 19 Feb 2011 16:07:19 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAttention must be focused on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services supervision of the Medicare power mobility benefithttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/mobility.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/mobility.phpThu, 10 Feb 2011 16:21:38 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNearly Half of Americans Ages 45 to 70 Have No Plans to Protect Themselves Against Outliving Assets or the Rising Cost of Healthcare in Later Lifehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/financial.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/financial.phpWed, 05 Jan 2011 10:01:09 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasFunded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan 3.8 percentage points higher to 84.3 percenthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/funded-status-pensions.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/funded-status-pensions.phpWed, 05 Jan 2011 09:53:40 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasPedestrian Safety Enhancement Act law will protect the blind and other pedestrians from injury as a result of silent vehicle technologyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/pedestrian-safety.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/pedestrian-safety.phpWed, 05 Jan 2011 09:36:33 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasEnable America launched more new programs and services assisting people with disabilities than in any previous yearhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/43245.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/43245.phpFri, 17 Dec 2010 11:00:54 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNearly 730,000 nonfatal violent crimes and about 1.8 million property crimes were experienced by people age 12 or older with a disabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-crime.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-crime.phpThu, 09 Dec 2010 15:00:25 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe increasing incidence of disability in recent years has increased the need for quality Disability Income protection even morehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-in-america.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-in-america.phpThu, 11 Nov 2010 13:55:16 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasOlder Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts but they live as long or even longer than their English peershttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/american-life-span.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/american-life-span.phpFri, 05 Nov 2010 10:55:10 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThousands of women and girls in Argentina suffer needlessly every year because of negligent or abusive reproductive health carehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/women-healthcare.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/women-healthcare.phpSun, 17 Oct 2010 10:12:14 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAnalysis of US life expectancy trends highlights disparities across states, emphasizing need for targeted healthcare reforms to improve longevity and health equityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/us-life-expectancy.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/us-life-expectancy.phpThu, 07 Oct 2010 09:05:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWhile attempting to take a bite out of crime has become a bipartisan pastime, America's prisons have filled with more than murderers, rapists and violent gang membershttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/america-prosecuted.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/america-prosecuted.phpSun, 22 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWell known CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow has died at age 62https://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/harold-dow.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/harold-dow.phpSun, 22 Aug 2010 13:06:54 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasOil spill along the United States Gulf Coast poses health risks to volunteers fishermen clean-up workers and members of coastal communitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/oil-spill.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/oil-spill.phpMon, 16 Aug 2010 13:12:22 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasSeattle, Denver, Chicago Among Top 20 Most Livable U.S. Cities for Wheelchair Usershttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/livable-cities.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/livable-cities.phpMon, 26 Jul 2010 09:38:04 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasNational Federation of the Blind succeeded in a legal fight to bring two-month-old infant Mikaela Sinnett, home to her parentshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/infant-returned.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/infant-returned.phpThu, 22 Jul 2010 10:41:13 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasDavenport Welcomes Fraternity Men Cycling Across the Country for People with Disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/journey-of-hope.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/journey-of-hope.phpThu, 22 Jul 2010 07:56:33 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasAmericans believe their social life and their safety would suffer the most if they had a substantial hearing losshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/social-life.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/social-life.phpWed, 21 Jul 2010 12:46:18 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasInternational disability advocate artist and quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada has been diagnosed with breast cancerhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/joni-eareckson-tada.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/joni-eareckson-tada.phpThu, 24 Jun 2010 10:28:29 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasCleanlogic is Helping to Improve the Lives of the 70% of blind adults in America who are unemployedhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/cleanlogic-braille.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/cleanlogic-braille.phpThu, 17 Jun 2010 12:02:19 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe POETA Program objective is to provide access and training in the use of Information and Communication Technologies to people with disabilities to improve their education and job opportunitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/poeta-peru.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/poeta-peru.phpSat, 05 Jun 2010 10:30:19 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasGreater Research is Needed for Mental Illness Along with Federal Action to Offset State Mental Health Crisis and End Disability Backloghttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/nami-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/nami-disability.phpMon, 17 May 2010 09:46:44 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasThe laws supporting disability parking privileges are there to ensure that Persons with Disabilities have access to parking spaceshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-parking-privileges.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/disability-parking-privileges.phpMon, 10 May 2010 16:57:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasFew Americans readily make the connection between staying healthy and staying on the jobhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/americans-work.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/americans-work.phpFri, 30 Apr 2010 20:46:40 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasEqual access to public transportation is a critical right that is guaranteed for people with disabilities, ensuring their ability to live independently in the communityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ada-jackson-transport.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/ada-jackson-transport.phpWed, 24 Mar 2010 15:59:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasIn 2010, a coalition of entertainment, sports, and healthcare organizations launched DRIVE4COPD, a campaign to screen Americans at risk for COPDhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/copd-drive.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/copd-drive.phpSat, 06 Feb 2010 20:12:00 EDTDisabled WorldAmericasWhite House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used an epithet relating to people with intellectual and developmental disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/rword.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/rword.phpThu, 28 Jan 2010 19:08:00 EDTDisabled World