Tag Archives: Disability News

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:27 — 24.4MB)Subscribe: RSSTonight on Disabulletin, updates on a Massachusetts case regarding whether parents can record their child’s Special Education Plan Meetings and congress discusses if a Massachusetts residential school may continue to provide a treatment widely condemned. Finally, an interview with Tim Crishon of Disability Rights Indiana on new changes impacting …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:26 — 21.5MB)Subscribe: RSSDisability 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:54 — 25.6MB)Subscribe: RSSCensus 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, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:51 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 24th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Producer Abe Shapiro provides a rundown of news surrounding the disability community in today’s edition of Disabulletin. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:20 — 54.1MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening to the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world – hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:49 — 9.0MB)Subscribe: RSSGood 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 3rd, 2023. This week, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Jeremiah Frei Pearson, Harriet Lowell and Representatives from Westchester Disabled On The Move in their lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft on a lack of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles or WAV’s. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:47 — 15.4MB)Subscribe: RSSSHAPIRO: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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 25th, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright spoke with local advocate Sam Mitchell about his podcast, Autism Rocks and Rolls. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:47 — 10.9MB)Subscribe: RSS ***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 …