Google Alert – disability

• Caring for individuals with disabilities in the Southern Tier just got easier November 14, 2019
  BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — A new Binghamton center designed to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities officially opened its ...
• Case: Retirement Benefits/Disability (MD Fla.) November 14, 2019
  ERISA doesn't allow equitable estoppel, so former professional football player Tyrone Keys can't stop the NFL retirement program from clawing back ...
• I live on disability insurance and was able to buy a house in Sacramento, but most people with ... November 14, 2019
  It took two years, but I was finally awarded Social Security Disability Insurance. The problem: My payments were $970 a month and my rent was $800.
• Case: Retirement Benefits/Disability (Miss. Ct. App.) November 14, 2019
  Mississippi's Public Employees' Retirement System did not act arbitrarily and capriciously when it denied disability retirement benefits to an employee ...
• Global Disability Rates are Increasing November 14, 2019
  SEATTLE, Washington — Globally, 1 million people are living with some form of disability. From 1990 to 2017, disability rates rose 4.7 percent.
• Local artist refuses to let a disability stop him November 14, 2019
  Zecky Langner is a 28-year-old artist living with arthrogryposis, a disability that causes congenital joint contractions in multiple areas of the body.
• MN DHS under scrutiny for treatment of employees with disabilities November 14, 2019
  The state agency that serves some of Minnesota's most vulnerable residents is under scrutiny for how it treats its employees who have disabilities.
• US House committee leaders call for more action to prevent airline mishandling of wheelchairs November 14, 2019
  Nearly 57 million Americans have a disability, according to Census data release in 2012, and more than 30 million had difficulty walking or climbing ...
• Case: Discrimination/Disability/Discharge (11th Cir.) November 14, 2019
  A firefighter/EMT for the U.S. Department of the Navy in Florida who suffered from insomnia and ADHD may not proceed with his claim that the Navy ...
• HUD reaches settlement with California housing providers accused of disability discrimination November 14, 2019
  In addition, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all activities, services and programs ...
• IN BRIEF: Walmart makes nationwide change to disability policy to settle EEOC claims November 14, 2019
  Walmart Inc will make it easier for its retail workers across the country to be transferred to different stores in order to accommodate disabilities and ...
• Case: Discrimination/Disability/Transfer (SD Tex.) November 14, 2019
  A Hispanic “city carrier” for the United States Postal Service in Texas may not proceed with her claim that she was temporarily transferred and ...
• 'Smoking gun' evidence gives weight to nurse's disability discrimination claim, 6th Cir. says November 14, 2019
  A federal district court erroneously dismissed an employee's claims of "regarded as" discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ...
• Uber reportedly owes New Jersey $650 million in employment and disability taxes November 14, 2019
  Uber Technologies Inc., the company behind the wildly popular rideshare service, owes the state of New Jersey about $650 million in unemployment ...
• Case: Disability/Individual Employment Rights/Failure to Accomodate (SD Ga.) November 14, 2019
  A former counselor for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia with Meniere's disease may not proceed with her claim that the Board ...
• McGrath acknowledges work needed on disability services November 14, 2019
  The Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues has acknowledged there is still a lot of work to do for children with disabilities despite an ...
• Mistake Over Allergan Worker's Disability Status May Prove Bias November 14, 2019
  A temporary corporate benefits staffer's mistaken interpretation of Allergan's disability accommodation policy could convince a jury that a ...
• Do not forget people with disability in Smart City November 14, 2019
  The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommends that people with disabilities have full equality under the law ...
• 2414 persons with disabilities get assistive devices November 14, 2019
  The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in association with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (Alimco), distributed ...
• UE “AceBuddies” program helps get people with disabilities moving November 14, 2019
  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Making sure everyone can live a healthy life is the mission of one University of Evansville organization aiming to get their ...