Disability Issues

In California, the nation’s largest utility company is taking unprecedented fire-prevention measures that mean people with disabilities may no longer be able to rely on continuous access to electricity.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a ruling that Domino's Pizza's website is a “place of public accommodation” and that it must make its website and app accessible to a blind person.  ...

California, New York, and other state and city governments are enacting legislation to combat discrimination by landlords against people who pay rent with Section 8 vouchers, including many people with disabilities.  ...

New federal immigration rules are a return to an earlier era when people with disabilities were barred from the nation's shores, disability rights advocates charge in a lawsuit.

Eliminating a cruel quirk in federal bankruptcy law, newly enacted legislation protects veterans disability benefits from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

Amid a crackdown by individual airlines, the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) has provided guidance on service animals used by passengers with disabilities.

Some workers with disabilities have been performing the same routine tasks for years while earning less than $1 an hour -- and the practice is entirely legal.  New legislation would change that.

Dental care rarely gets attention as a disability rights issue, but numerous people with disabilities suffer from inadequate and inaccessible dental care.  There are signs this may be changing.

A new study suggests that many physicians are woefully uneducated about their legal obligations to accommodate people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).