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  Born with polio, Judith Heumann has been fighting on behalf of people with disabilities since the late 1960s. The New York City Board of Education rejected her application for […]

    Black History Month has been an especially important time to recognize important events and people of African descent. The Association for the Study of African American Life and [...]

  Haben Girma has been in the news a great deal. And with good reason. A notable piece recently appeared in The Guardian, and she was featured in a BBC […]

    Black History Month is an important time to recognize important events and people of African descent. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) has [...]

Just over a half century ago marked the passing of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, amended by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Twenty-five years later and 27 […]

    New Jersey now has an Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families, an office that Governor Phil Murphy announced in April 2018. Paul [...]

  Welcome to our latest installment of noteworthy disability-themed articles! This week, we have a large selection of articles of people and events in New Jersey! As a leader in […]

  Born April 5, 1913, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs had a distinguished academic career in theoretical chemistry and mathematics, graduating with the highest honors from Bryn Mawr College and [...]

March is the time of year to raise awareness the many social and cultural achievements of women. At this time, we would like to acknowledge women with disabilities past and […]

    Black History Month is an important time to recognize important events and people of African descent. That said, one disability advocacy group, the National Council on Independent [...]