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1 week ago |
disabilityscoop.com | Shaun Heasley
Disability advocates are suing after the Trump White House abruptly stopped including sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events. The National Association of the Deaf filed a lawsuit late last month in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the group says its repeated requests for American Sign Language interpreters went unheeded.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilityscoop.com | Shaun Heasley
Federal officials are holding off on implementing new regulations that were hailed as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with disabilities in a generation. The U.S. Department of Transportation said this week that it will not enforce what’s known as the “Wheelchair Rule” until at least August.
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2 weeks ago |
disabilityscoop.com | Shaun Heasley
A new drama focusing on a character with autism who has a unique way of solving crimes is coming to television. The British series “Patience” finds Patience Evans working in the criminal records office in the city of York. When a detective notices her extraordinary attention to detail, Patience starts helping with complex criminal investigations. Patience is played by Ella Maisy Purvis, an actress who is neurodiverse.
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3 weeks ago |
disabilityscoop.com | Shaun Heasley
The vast majority of characters with disabilities on television are played by typically developing actors, according to a new report, which finds little has changed in the last decade. Only 21% of characters with disabilities in streaming, broadcast and cable shows between 2016 to 2023 were portrayed by actors with the same or similar conditions.
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3 weeks ago |
disabilityscoop.com | Shaun Heasley
A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.”Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was instrumental in fighting for civil rights protections for people with disabilities.
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