disability rights

Mayor Brandon Scott has pledged $44 million to repair pedestrian structures throughout the city, bringing them into ADA compliance. How did that become a priority?

Valentine’s Day is for lovers! For people with disabilities, dating can present unique challenges. We hear real stories, and explore the challenges and triumphs along the way.

We’ll go On the Record with three advocates from The IMAGE Center for People with Disabilities to hear about the realities that face people of color who live with disabilities: navigating both racist and ableist attitudes — and their work toward empathy and healing.

We’ll go On the Record for an inside look at how law-enforcement recruits and first-responders in Maryland are trained to relate to people with disabilities, and with the mother of the young man with Down Syndrome whose tragic death a decade ago inspired this training.

Bills introduced into the Maryland General Assembly would make all single occupancy bathrooms in public have signage indicating all gender identities may use it.

Disability rights advocates have filed a class action suit against Baltimore for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, which mandates that public rights-of-way like streets and sidewalks are accessible to those with mobility impairments.

Baltimore’s mayor will ease Covid-19 restrictions in the city, starting next week. An advocacy group for the disabled drops a lawsuit against Maryland over vaccine inequity. Plus, a conversation about the economic challenges facing low-wage essential workers during the pandemic.

Under Phase 1B of the state’s guidelines, Marylanders with intellectual or developmental disabilities are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. But…

Mike Gerlach wasn’t born legally blind – he’s experienced a slow deterioration of his vision over decades – but that hasn’t stopped him from leading the…