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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
English Woman With Guide Dog Turned Away from Restaurant

A twenty-year-old woman named Emma Donnelly was turned away from...

Filed under: blind, discrimination, access, guide dog, blindness, disabilism, england, equality and human rights commission, Disability Discrimination Act, Emma Donnelly
People with disabilities are bullied more at work

The Equality and Human Rights Commission published a report last...

Filed under: discrimination, scotland, disabilism, work, wales, violence, equality and human rights commission, employment, great britain
Autistic Girl Scout labeled a "danger to others," removed from her troop

Magi Klages is eight years old and autistic, and she has been...

Filed under: discrimination, autism, disabilism, wisconsin, magi klages, girl scouts
Wheelchair User Evicted After Landlord Discovered Legal, Licensed Medical Marijuana Plants

Bobbie Wooten, a full-time wheelchair user who suffers severe...

Filed under: discrimination, marijuana, medicinal marijuana, wheelchair user, paraplegia, disabilism, spasticity, medical marijuana, eviction, pot, bobbie wooten, spasms
Man with Mental Disability Beaten and Tortured; Four Men Charged

Justin Hamilton, 24, was lured from his home and tortured over...

Filed under: discrimination, intellectual disability, mental disability, abuse, developmental disability, hate crime, jonathon michael diepold, justin hamilton, disabilism, assault, fetal alcohol syndrome, beating
Boy with Alopecia Banned from Wearing Cap to School

Dale Platts, 13, suffered permanent hair loss, including his...

Filed under: discrimination, children, school, dale platt, alopecia, hair loss, cap
She's an honor student, a scholarship recipient, and a golfer: But, because her disability prevents her from running a mile, she can't graduate.

According to her father, a Haines City, Florida girl has been...

Filed under: Disability, discrimination, special education, high school, graduation, IEP, physical education
Guide Dog Banned from Freshly-Cleaned Cab

It seems at least one Essex cab driver is a bit behind the times...

Filed under: blind, discrimination, guide dog, visual impairments, visually impaired, taxi, cab, muslim
Inmates with Disabilities Subjected to Horrific Conditions in Los Angeles County Jails

As he waited to be booked for petty theft in October of 2007...

Filed under: Disability, discrimination, abuse, ADA, los angeles, prison system, wheelchair user, americans with disabilities act, paraplegia, prison

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