Act II of Laurie Ahern’s life began in a Uruguayan orphanage. The facility she visited was beautiful and clean. It also kept children with autism locked in cages. Horrified, the mental-health advocate ...

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the appointment of Sara Minkara as the US special adviser on international disability rights, filling a role that was created by former President Barack Obama ...

Over 100,000 children are currently trapped in Ukrainian institutions. They’ve been subject to even more rights abuses since Russia attacked Ukraine. From an early age, Eric Rosenthal was passionate ...

Facilities built for those with mental and physical disabilities always end up harming the people they’re supposedly intended to help, says attorney and activist Eric Rosenthal. The organization he ...

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(MEXICO CITY) — A Mexico City official said the city would ban the use of restraints and cages on children under its care and work to get many into homes, after a Disability Rights International and ...

Disability Rights International (DRI), an organization dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can fully participate in society, discussed the current plight Ukrainian children with ...

Alice Wong, an author and activist who fought for disability rights and justice, has died. Wong was 51 years old. The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner died Friday of an infection at the University of ...

Every year in March we mark International Women’s Day, a day for celebrating women but also for highlighting the struggles and inequalities that still exist for women around the globe. This year the ...

A court ruled that the state Education Department violated state and federal law in withholding documents from Disability Rights New York, which requested records for an investigation. The advocacy ...

President Biden announced on Thursday that he has appointed Sara Minkara to serve as U.S. special advisor on international disability rights. The senior-level position, which is housed within the ...