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Disability News You Might Have Missed: Feb 6

Jo Wiggijo from Pixabay In this week’s edition we have multiple states cutting disability supports, New Jersey...

By Ashley Castillo, John Loeppky

February 7, 2026

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9 States Renew Challenge to Section 504 Mandate

Nine U.S. states are challenging a Biden-era update to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which allows disabled people...

By Sean Kelly

February 5, 2026

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Disability News You Might Have Missed: Jan. 26-Jan. 30

XINGCHEN XIAO via Pixabay This week, we have Florida facing obstacles with Disabled parking spaces and extending...

By Ashley Castillo

January 30, 2026

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(Recent) Disability News You Might Have Missed

Accessible Transit Issues have featured prominently this month/Bruno via Pixabay Welcome to a new series where we...

By Ashley Castillo

January 23, 2026

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Six Underreported Disability Stories We Hope Get More Coverage in 2026

There is a dearth of coverage about the hundreds of thousands of people, including 21,000 children, who...

By John Loeppky

January 15, 2026

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Why advocates are skeptical about new federal initiatives for Lyme disease, long Covid

This story originally appeared at The Sick Times. The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently recognized...

By The Sick Times

January 8, 2026

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Five Key Disability Stories to Watch in 2026

News in disability communities moved at an almost horrifying speed in 2025. While we expect more of the same...

By John Loeppky

January 2, 2026

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Why the Trump Administration Dropped Plan for Major Cut in Disability Benefits

On Nov. 13, a small team of advocates for people with disabilities stepped through White House security and into...

By Eli Hager, ProPublica

November 24, 2025

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He Won a Purple Heart, Came Back with PTSD — Then Trump Deported Him

Sae Joon Park is in disbelief. Park, an army veteran who came to the U.S. from South Korea when...

By Sean Kelly

November 5, 2025

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What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform?

Kara McCurdy Prior to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic primary, there were questions...

By John Loeppky

November 3, 2025

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Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown

Aaron Kittredge via Pexels Donald Trump’s onslaught of cuts to federal services is now being directed at...

By John Loeppky

October 13, 2025

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Alabama wants to execute a man with intellectual disabilities. That’s unconstitutional, legal advocates say

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Hamm v. Joseph Clifton Smith. Smith,...

By R.L. Nave

October 8, 2025