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With summer beckoning, amusement park attendance is sure to rise, with the latest data collected from the Global Attractions Attendance Report finding a total of 140.5 Million visitors to North American Theme Parks in 2022. One of the primary concerns that has impacted and continues to impact the disability community regarding theme park access is a lack of access, even with …

(Fade into Teletype Machine sound) ABE SHAPIRO: Revolutionary devices help persons who are blind eclipse non- accessibility and an examination of Bloomington’s first choir for individuals disabled and non disabled. (DISABULLETIN theme plays) SHAPIRO:Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro. And this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. SHAPIRO:Good …

Bloomington’s Disability community introduces itself to the new city council, a new rule is proposed by the Department of Transportation for passengers with disabilities who travel via airline, The Food and Drug Administration renews a campaign to ban a device long used in a Massachusetts institution, and we talk with Bloomington Human Rights Director Michael Shermis on the latest developments …

Disability advocates call for action in the Department of Education, a ray of sunshine in the fight for personal independence for Floridians with disabilities, Enforcement of Jamaica’s disability discrimination act reaches a crossroads, and we continue our conversation with Disability Law expert William Goren regarding future Disability cases. Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover …

Census bureau drops renovation of disability questions, an Oregon County’s Law enforcement approach to mental health has led to litigation being filed, new progress has been made in Kansas regarding subminimum wage for people with disabilities, and we’ll talk with one of our nation’s most renowned disability law experts, on the latest Supreme Court Case concerning Disability. Today we begin …

Good evening, i’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. We’re back after a lengthy research sabbatical to bring you the latest in disability news. We start tonight’s installment by reviewing the developments of our previous story out of White Plains, New York.  It’s …

SHAPIRO:Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Over the last five years on the banks of West Plains, New York, the transportation company Lyft has been embroiled in a lawsuit with Westchester Disabled On The Move, or WDOMI, a disability rights …

***CORRECTION:THE CASE OF Fry V Napoleon Public Schools TOOK PLACE IN 2017, NOT 1986. RATHER, THE CASE OF FRY RULED THAT A 1986 LAW, the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986, DID NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAINTIFF TO EXHAUST ALL PROCESSES OF APPEALS UNLESS THE PLAINTIFF’S SPECIFIC CASE DEALT WITH A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT’S RIGHT TO A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC …

Tonight’s episode: The Rise and Temporary Fall of Special Education in Washington State. When we left off, we had just finished discussing the 1951 founding of the ARC of the United States as a voice for the rights of individuals with disabilities. We also covered its humble beginnings as the Children’s Benevolent League or CBL in Washington in the year 1935 and …

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Part IV of Disabulletin’s docuseries Lawyers Schools And Access: The History of Special Education in the United States. Tonight’s installment covers the first parent groups of the United States, who mobilized on behalf of their children in Ohio and Washington respectively. When we left off we were discussing the case of  Golman …