Disabilities

Jennifer Longdon Wears Her Heart on Her Facebook Page

Why Eddie "Little Lord" Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote

Ninth Circuit Rejects New Hearing on Whether Medical Marijuana is Protected by the ADA

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a petition to re-hear arguments that medical marijuana is protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. In a split decision in May, a three-judge panel of the usually liberal court shot down the idea that the ADA allows sick or disabled peopl ... More >>

United Road Towing, Phoenix's Official Tow Company, Found Discriminating Against Disabled Employees

United Road Towing, a company with a multimillion dollar monopoly towing cars for the Phoenix Police Department, has a questionable track record of dealing with its employees -- and its subsidiaries have been under federal scrutiny. A federal judge in Chicago has ordered the company in June to pay ... More >>

AHCCCS Administrator Denies Services to Severely Disabled Child, Strikes the Word "Unfortunately" from Judge's Ruling

Earlier this month, the director of the state's public health care system upheld a decison denying services to Rocky Cruz, a severely developmentally disabled child. Her parents say they're pursuing legal options through the Arizona Center for Disability Law. Rocky, the 5-year-old daughter of Mann ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Not Protected by Americans With Disabilities Act, Ninth Circuit Court Rules

Gravely ill and severely disabled?Real sorry about that, but you should still be thrown in jail for using marijuana, says a ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jason Rose, Valley PR Bigshot, Canned by Special Olympics for Comparing "Knucklehead" to Someone With Special Needs

​If your public relations firm happens to represent an organization that advocates for people with disabilities, it's probably in your best interest to not make fun of people with disabilities. Just ask Valley PR honcho Jason Rose, who took to Twitter over the weekend to compare a "knucklehea ... More >>

John Woods, Brain-Injured Former Umpire, was Wrongfully Fired by Outback Steakhouse, Says EEOC Complaint; Claims by the Disabled on Rise

Image: Channel 3 (KTVK-TV) News videoJohn Woods, a former minor-league umpire who suffered a brain injury in 2004, was wrongfully fired from his job as a server at Metrocenter's Outback Steakhouse, says an EEOC complaint.​John Woods, a former umpire recovering from a brain injury, was fired from a ... More >>

Berry Williams Convicted of Murder in Crash that Killed Abel Abebe, Ethiopian Immigrant College Student

Berry Williams will spend at least 25 years behind bars for a crash that killed Abel Abebe, a 27-year-old Ethiopian immigrant who attended Arizona State University.​ A beer-theft suspect whose attempted escape from police last year resulted in a crash that killed a pharmacy student will spend ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Holds Ceremonial Signing for Law Striking "Retarded" and "Crippled" From Statutes

​Governor Jan Brewer held a ceremonial signing in her office on Thursday for a new law that strikes the "R-word" from state statutes.When it takes affect on September 30, the law will replace "mentally retarded," "retardation" and "crippled" in state code with gentler phrases like "children wi ... More >>

Chris Rush's "Stare" at Mesa Arts Center Puts Viewers Face-to-Face with the Disabled

The PBR Spring Situation

The PBR Spring Situation

Arizona State University Forced to Stop Using Kindles Until They're Functional for Blind People

www.pyzam.com​Arizona State University has made a deal with the Justice Department to stop using popular electronic readers like the Kindle until they are made functional for the blind. ASU is one of three universities participating in a pilot program that gave Kindles to stu ... More >>

Missouri Judge Agrees With Arizona; Helper Monkies Not Service Animals

wwwmyfreewallpaper.com​A judge in Missouri has agreed with a ruling handed down by an Arizona judge back in February: There is no such thing as a "helper monkey" -- at least in the eyes of the law. A woman in Missouri sued several defendants, including Wal-Mart, for not allowing her to brin ... More >>

Disabled Arizonans Sue State for Diapers

www.pmccaregivers.com​A group of severely disabled Arizonans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for denying payment for adult-incontinence briefs prescribed by a doctor.The lawsuit claims that AHCCCS denied payment for the briefs, which ... More >>

Franc Kahn's Questionable Past Sets Up a Questionable Future for the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities

Private School Vouchers for Disabled Kids Struck Down by State Supreme Court

  Public schools send some disabled kids to private schools -- but parents can't do the same thing with state money, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today. The state's high court struck down two voucher programs that intended to give a combined $5 million in taxpayer funds t ... More >>

Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Lash Out at Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for Terrible Towel Diss. Go Phil!

  Hell hath no fury like  Steelers fans, dissed. One day after a Cardinals rally at Sky Harbor Airport, where  Mayor Phil Gordon stomped on one of the Steelers' signature "Terrible Towels," the mayor's getting slammed on Pittsburgh talk radio -- and bombarded w ... More >>

Jon Hinz Gets the Boot From the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities

A severely diabetic Valley woman faces criminal charges over her "service animal": a chimpanzee named Joey

Arizona pols play politics with the state’s disabled students

Home invasion: The Arizona Training Program at Coolidge is the only home some developmentally disabled people have known

One mom's struggle to keep her son alive in the state's care highlights the challenges of supporting the developmentally disabled

Broken

The system that serves tiny children with disabilities is nowhere near fixed, after years of trying on the governor's watch

Self-Guided Tour de Force

"Artists Without Bounds"

The Museum That Couldn't Think Straight

It's named after Kemper Marley, the apparent inspiration for the murder of newsman Don Bolles. It's full of inaccuracies, racism, Chamber of Commerce blather and third-rate gimmickry.

Welfare That Doesn't Work

Governor Symington has spoken of helping needy kids and improving the welfare system. His welfare agency, the Department of Economic Security, is famous for astonishing incompetence and children who die.

Seats of Discord

Gammage relents, makes lowest-priced tickets available to wheelchair-bound patron

SENSITIVITY STRAINING

YEAR AFTER YEAR, DEBBIE MCQUEEN MAKES NEWS BY FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO DEAL WITH A CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY SYNDROME THAT SHE CLAIMS AFFLICTS HER CHILDREN. THERE IS REASON TO WONDER HOW SICK THOSE KIDS ACTUALLY ARE.

ODOR IN THE COURT

IT TOOK COURAGE FOR THE DEAF GIRL TO ALLEGE RAPE. SHE WAS REWARDED WITH AN UNPREPARED PROSECUTOR WHO BUNGLED THE CASE.

OBSTRUCTION IN THE MAINSTREAMHANDICAPPED KIDS CAN PROSPER IN REGULAR SCHOOL CLASSES--SOMETIMES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER STUDENTS