What is your research focused on? Erkulwater: My current work involves trying to understand why people of color seem to be missing in debates about disability rights. People of color, especially ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition was founded in 2018 to build community among people of color who have disabilities, as well as to raise awareness about their unique ...

A core promise of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is that a child with disabilities will receive a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment possible.

Areport from the Juvenile Reform Project, a coalition of New Hampshire advocacy organizations, says that school discipline in New Hampshire is disproportionately harsh on students of color and ...

A group of academics, advocates, and government employees discussed the crossroads of race and disability, addressing the problems of civil rights, economic opportunity, and housing, at a panel ...

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the #ADA30InColor online event was held July 26 to discuss a compilation of essays that reflect on the past, present and future of ...

Earlier this month, in response to a lawsuit from the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, a federal district court ruled that the Trump administration ...

Editor’s Note: Rev. William J. Barber, II is the director of Yale’s Center for Public Theology and Public Policy and president of Repairers of the Breach, a non-profit organization committed to ...

In more than two dozen high schools throughout the state, students with disabilities and students of color made up nearly half of the referrals to police for in-school behavior. We have 2018 data ...

“One of the most common misconceptions about disability is that it means inability. While the words may be close, conceptually these concepts couldn’t be further apart. Disability is a variation in ...