Dozens of adults with learning disabilities and autism in South Yorkshire are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new ...

Comprehensive vision of human experience Our local schools and public institutions are the bedrock of our democracy and society. Honoring the disability community's human rights is a global challenge.

(New York) – Mariana Lozano, a young activist from Colombia, is the 2023 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch announced ...

Disabled students continue to face barriers constructed and enforced by our schools. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates that, globally, children with ...

A crisis in learning disability nursing is denying people their right to fair and equitable care, the RCN has warned.

Human Rights Watch[1] welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming review of Kazakhstan. The ...

Physician and disability activist Satendra Singh, Director-Professor of Physiology at the University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital in Delhi, India, was born in Rewari, a small town in ...

Although over a quarter of adults in the United States have a disability, people with disabilities account for only 10% of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce 1,2.

In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time. Generally speaking, “inclusive education” promises the equitable inclusion of ...