Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON − When a Minnesota family took their fight for fair treatment for their disabled daughter to the Supreme Court, they ...

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face difficulty accessing needed organ transplants, but now a bill is moving through Congress that aims to address that disparity. The U.S ...

The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Ava Tharpe is a teenage girl who ...

In A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279, the Supreme Court considered the obligation of schools to refrain from discriminating on the basis of a disability. Specifically, ...

Sam is a bespectacled 6-year-old with a winning smile and a penchant for dinosaurs, as evidenced by the roaring Tyrannosaurus rex on the back of his favorite shirt. “He loves anything big, and ...

The federal government has filed a lawsuit against Uber, accusing the ride-hailing app of discriminating against passengers with disabilities, including those who use service dogs and wheelchairs.

WASHINGTON (7News) — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) to determine if the district is failing students with special needs or ...

The nation’s largest movie theater chain illegally forced out an employee with cerebral palsy after two decades on the job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a lawsuit filed this ...

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A federal lawsuit alleges University of Michigan regents and faculty engaged in disability discrimination against a student accused by an instructor of using artificial intelligence to write papers.