The major challenges faced by persons with intellectual disability generally is the problem of stereotyping. Disability Stereotyping bears when the society make assumptions, often times wrongly, about ...

(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights ...

Three in 10 LGBTQ+ youth have at least one formally diagnosed disability, making them particularly vulnerable to in-school victimization and exclusion, according to a new report. The 2024 Disabled ...

We write in advance of the 31st session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) and its review of Ghana.[1] This submission highlights areas of concern that Human ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's health agency and a nonprofit defending people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have reached an agreement that could resolve a lawsuit seeking action ...

Sri Lanka, March 25 -- Deputy Health Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijemuni stated that disability should be viewed not only from a medical perspective, but also from social and human rights perspectives. He ...