Disability Scoop

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.

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.

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.

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.

3 weeks ago | disabilityscoop.com | Michelle Diament

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the nation’s university centers on developmental disabilities and rethink the way Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs are funded, but a new budget proposal spares some disability programs that were expected to be on the chopping block. In a 1,224-page blueprint and accompanying documents from federal agencies, the White House is offering a more detailed look at the president’s budget request for the fiscal year that begins in October.