Oct 25 Watch 4:01 A Texas regulatory board removed discrimination protections. Critics are fighting back By Ivette Feliciano Earlier this month a Texas regulatory board voted to remove discrimination protections for some seeking social services. The protections had prohibited social workers from turning away clients on the basis of disability, gender identity or sexual orientation. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 30 years after ADA, inaccessibility persists for the disabled By PBS NewsHour On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we look at what the landmark civil rights law, which guarantees equal access to public resources and employment to disabled people has achieved and how much work remains. Dr. Oluwaferanmi… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 8:05 How violinist Gaelynn Lea is redefining who can be a musician By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Gaelynn Lea is transforming our cultural understanding of who can be a musician. A congenital disability called osteogenesis imperfecta caused her bones to break more than 40 times while she was in the womb. But the violinist is known for… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 6:31 New biography recounts how Eunice Kennedy Shriver ‘changed the world’ Eunice Kennedy Shriver wasn’t a president, attorney general or senator. But the lesser-known Kennedy sibling was arguably no less influential. Judy Woodruff talks with Eileen McNamara, author of the new book "Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World."… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 9:02 Sex abuse against people with disabilities is widespread — and hard to uncover By PBS News Hour People with developmental disabilities become victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities, according to a Justice Department figured uncovered by a year-long NPR investigation. Judy Woodruff sits down with NPR’s Joseph Shapiro and… Continue watching
Nov 05 ‘Death with dignity’ measure in Colorado stirs controversy — and passion By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News A state ballot measure would allow physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to terminally ill adults who request aid in dying. Continue reading