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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:29 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: RSSToday on Disabulletin, we begin our pre-game coverage of tomorrow’s Supreme Court argument Perez V Sturgis Public School District. Specifically, the justices will consider whether families can pursue claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act if they have already settled Individuals with Disabilities Act or IDEA claims without fully …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:03 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSSTonight on Disabulletin, we cover the latest news impacting individuals with Disabilties across the country and around the world. Tonight’s news items include: -Controversy over New Jersey School District’s strategies when addressing the removal of students with Disabilities from classrooms -Reporters from a French Autistic Newspaper interviewed French President …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:39 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: RSSWFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion HHC, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we look at the final oral arguments put forth by …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:34 — 12.5MB)Subscribe: RSSDeke Hager filled in for WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro who reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we look at the oral …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:54 — 5.5MB)Subscribe: RSSWFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro presents the Disability activist perspective of the upcoming Supreme Court case Talevski v. Marion interviews Kim Dodson, Director of the Indiana Branch of the National Disability organization, the ARC. Stay tuned for Disabulletin’s post-oral argument analysis following tomorrow’s Supreme Court arguments!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:18 — 11.3MB)Subscribe: RSSWFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro concludes his interview with Professor Steve Sanders at the IU Mauer School of Law in our special report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue. This is Part II of that interview.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:03 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSSWFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Professor Steve Sanders at the IU Mauer School of Law to begin our special report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSSMarion County Corporation of Health and Human services faces a lawsuit from the family of an Indiana nursing home resident, now deceased, who allege his civil rights were violated. A lawsuit filed by the family of nursing home resident Giorgi Talevski reaches its climax as oral arguments are slated …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:46 — 5.6MB)Subscribe: RSSIn today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro concludes his interview with Attorney ​​Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or WAV followed by a preview of our next story. It is the case of Marion Health and Hospital Corporation …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:30 — 11.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his conversation with Attorney ​​Jeremiah Frei-Pearson about a lawsuit against the ride-share company Lyft over its alleged lack of wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or WAVs. Lyft officials cited a limited supply of wheelchair-accessible vehicles and driver availability as reasons why WAVs …