Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced a bill Wednesday that would stop former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) from receiving more than $100,000 a year in workers’ compensation payments.
Two advocacy groups and two individuals with disabilities filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday alleging that BART has discriminated against people with disabilities by failing to maintain the transportation agency’s urine and feces-covered elevators.
Rapper 50 Cent is accused of bullying an apparently disabled teen, whom he alleged, in a video he posted on Instagram Sunday, of being high on drugs.
LONDON (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne faced the prospect on Friday of a politically damaging and financially costly U-turn as dissent within his ruling Conservative Party grew over his plans to cut disability benefits. Osborne is seen as a contender
The London School of Economics (LSE) has postponed a talk on welfare by a neurobiologist due to concerns that offended disability campaigners would cause disruption to the event. A disability rights group had said on Facebook that it planned to picket
An illegal immigrant, who was permanently injured on the job in Indianapolis, is suing to recover the wages and other benefits he lost after his injury, even though, as an undocumented worker, he shouldn’t even have been employed.
A standard celebrity Halloween for rapper Nicki Minaj has turned into a public relations nightmare, after an online video appears to show her laughingly commanding a disabled person in a wheelchair to “walk.”
Anything is possible in the liberal, progressive, multicultural paradise of Sweden. Including, it seems, pornography for the blind. An edgy artist from the Nordic nation has created an X-rated brail book for the visually impaired, featuring a “diverse” range of
When Chickasaw High School’s Noah Morgan was born, he was not expected to make it through the night. The high school sophomore from Chickasaw, AL was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, which is a condition that causes joints to be stiff and
Roberto Esquivel Cabrera, the 52-year-old Mexican man who literally carries the world’s longest penis, has been offered an exclusive deal with porn company Vivid Entertainment, according to TMZ,which has also obtained footage of Roberto’s behemoth hang down.
The Mexican owner of the world’s longest penis says he wishes to be registered as “disabled” because his mammoth appendage makes it impossible for him to hold down a proper job. Roberto Esquivel Cabrera, 52, from Saltillo in north-eastern Mexico, boasts
Until yesterday, I had imagined that the historical debate surrounding Richard III was a fairly simple one. Was he a) Richard Crookbook, the evil, scheming, hunchbacked tosser who murdered the Princes in the Tower and got his just comeuppance at
Italian fashion company FTL MODA cast a group of disabled models to walk in the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week runway show Sunday to bring a special kind of diversity to the fashion world.
American Horror Story actress Jamie Brewer has made history by becoming the first-ever model with Down Syndrome to appear on a catwalk during New York Fashion Week.
Lawyers for the notorious hate preacher Abu Hamza are arguing that he should not be sent to a high security jail following his conviction for terrorism offences, as he is disabled and might pick up an infection. Instead they want
