Tag Archives: Disability News

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:38 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In today’s Disabulletin, WFHB correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Attorney Jeremiah Frei Pearson, about a lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft over its alleged lack of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles, or WAV’S. Lyft officials cited a limited supply of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles and driver availability as reasons …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:46 — 9.3MB)Subscribe: RSS In Today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 31st, 2022. Later in the program, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton presented a 229 million dollar budget to the city council this week. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Red Flags on Better Beware …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:52 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSSIn a CBC article published three days ago, “A Calgary family has learned a rare genetic mutation is the root of their son’s severe autism, and now they hope the discovery will lead to a cure”. The family has partnered with The MSSNG project, a collaboration between the Hospital for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 24th, 2022. Later in the program, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would cancel 10,000 dollars of student debt for those earning less than 125,000 dollars per year. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:54 — 6.8MB)Subscribe: RSSIn a lawsuit filed July 29 between Westchester county based Westchester Disabled on the Move Inc (WDOMI), Lyft officials said the company is exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act and doesn’t have to cater to people with non-folding wheelchairs. According to a report directly from NBC News, “This …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:33 — 6.1MB)Subscribe: RSSGood evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is your disability News Briefing. Paula Goldberg, Minnesota advocate for kids with disabilities, dies at 79, MPR NEWS, May 16,2022 “Paula Goldberg, a national representative renowned for her advocacy on behalf children with disabilities died Sunday at age 79. In 1977, Goldberg …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with nationally-recognized scholar on hate crimes and policing Professor Jeannine Bell of the IU Mauer School of Law, about a racially-motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York that left …