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Clerk Sues Abercrombie & Fitch, Alleging She Was Banished to Stock Room Because Her Prosthetic Arm Didn't Fit Retailer's "Look Policy"

Riam Dean, 22, has sued retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for...

Filed under: discrimination, amputee, disabilism, employment, lawsuits, congenital limb deficiency, riam dean, abercrombie and fitch, amputation, prosthesis
Special Education Student Handcuffed to Door for Nearly 4 Hours As Trend of Inappropriate Restraint Continues

School district officials in Detroit are investigating claims...

Filed under: Michigan, abuse, special education, disabilism, restraint, seclusion, disability abuse, schools, elementary education, detroit, antonio hunt
Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing a Metal Bolt at Special Olympics Torch Runners

A Newhall, CA man has been arrested for allegedly throwing a...

Filed under: california, hate crime, disabilism, assault, crime, disability abuse, arrest, special olympics, david schwartz
Special Needs Student Was Regularly Tied to Fence by Bus Monitors at Arizona High School

Five Tuscon Unified School District employees have been put on...

Filed under: special education, developmental disability, special needs, disabilism, restraint, disability abuse, schools, education, behavioral disabilities, Arizona
Eight Families of Students with Disabilities Sue Ontario, Claiming Discrimination Against Disabled Kids At Private, Religious Schools

Eight families with children who have disabilities are suing...

Filed under: special education, disabilism, canada, children with disabilities, disability discrimination, education, private schools, lawsuits, ontario, catholic schools, religion
Massachusetts Bill Would Rule People Over 60 and Some People with Disabilities Incapable of Consenting to Erotic Photography

Do age and certain disabilities make a person incapable of consenting...

Filed under: sexual abuse, exploitation, disabilism, elder abuse, legislation, massachusetts, pornography, senior citizens, disability and sex, sexuality, aging
Quadriplegic Girl, Age 9, Found Dead in Public Storage Unit; Adoptive Mother Arrested

The body of 9-year-old Shylea Thomas, who was quadriplegic, has...

Filed under: Michigan, murder, child abuse, death, disabilism, crime, children with disabilities, shylea thomas, quadriplegic, quadriplegia
Indiana House Bill 2290 Would Bar Involuntary Sterilization of People with Disabilities in Indiana

Sixteen US states, including Indiana, lack any statutory protection...

Filed under: reproductive rights, forced sterilization, disability rights, disabilism, disability abuse, legal guardianship, caregiver abuse, involuntary sterilization
Company Paid Developmentally Disabled Men Approximately $65/month

An Iowa company that employed men with developmental disabilities...

Filed under: intellectual disability, developmental disability, exploitation, disabilism, disability abuse, atalissa, slavery, bunkhouse, iowa, henry's turkey service, slave labor
Soldier with PTSD Booted for "Misconduct," Ordered to Repay Re-enlistment Bonus

Sgt. Adam Boyle , 27, has been forced out of the US Army on an...

Filed under: military, disabilism, post traumatic stress disorder, soldier, ptsd, iraq war, adam boyle, disability discrimination, misconduct

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