Tag Archives: Disability News

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. Tonight, we begin the first leg of an adventure covering the history of Special Education Law in the United States. This is the next chapter in Disabulletin’s continuing coverage of the recent Supreme Court …

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. Two weeks ago, Disabulletin covered the challenges facing New Jersey School Districts as they work to determine what a post-pandemic classroom looks like for students with disabilities while emphasizing mental health and school safety. …

This week, we continue our discussion of the Supreme Court case heard last Wednesday, Perez V Sturgis school district. The case concerns two laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, which requires children with disabilities be provided a “free appropriate public education” or (FAPE) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 25th, 2022. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – a segment highlighting disability news across the country and around the world on the WFHB Local News hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have “Fake Problems, Fake Reviews” on …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 18th, 2022. Later in the program, we have the Disabulletin – a segment highlighting neurodiversity issues on the WFHB Local News hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Bloomington police arrested a 56-year-old white woman in connection with what police are …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 17th, 2022. Later in the program, Georgia Representative Park Cannon gave an impassioned speech during the MLK Day Celebration at Buskirk Chumley last night. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – done in collaboration between the WFHB Local News and …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, December 13th, 2022. Later in the program, Monroe County Councilor Jennifer Crossley expressed concerns about the new potential jail on Fullerton Pike during the latest Community Justice Reform Committee meeting. More in the bottom half of the program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 16th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his ongoing report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Pants on Fire on Better …

WFHB 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!

WFHB 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.