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People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change yet are often sidelined from policy conversations. Three disability activists share their stories of resilience and wisdom in the face of the climate crisis.
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A consent order in a Disability Rights NC lawsuit against DHHS could increase community-based services access for people with disabilities.
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North Carolina's health agency and a nonprofit defending people with intellectual and development disabilities have reached an agreement that could resolve a lawsuit seeking action for those who lack adequate services in their communities.
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Time spent in prison and jail often worsens mental health. Researchers and advocates say more data and transparency is needed to better understand and reduce in-custody suicides.
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Disability pride parades support and honor people who have disabilities across the country.
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Laws on guardianship in North Carolina have remained unchanged for decades, and advocates say they don’t reflect changes in the field that call for more information and expanded rights for people whose lives are put under the control of another person, agency or business.
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Wake County officials recently approved a new paper-based device that uses touch screen technology for ballot marking.
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Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour signed the legal stay dated Thursday. In November, Baddour had set thresholds that the state would have to meet regularly over the next decade.
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Disability Rights North Carolina and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP have joined forces to help children of color with disabilities in the state's foster care program get more community- and home-based treatment instead of being "warehoused" in locked psychiatric facilities that can be dangerous.
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A federal judge has blocked North Carolina laws that greatly restrict who can help people with disabilities request absentee ballots, fill them out and return them.