Disability-Chuck Mackey: Sept. 11, 2014 GADSDEN, Alabama -- Chuck Mackey of Southside talks about his experiences after retiring on disability Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (William Thornton / ...

Alabama is the least able state in the nation. We are among the least able to climb stairs, least able to see even when wearing glasses, least able to put on our own clothes, least able to run our own ...

Victoria DeLano (above) advocated for people with disabilities at the Office for Civil Rights. She was fired in February 2025. (Courtesy of Victoria DeLano) Advocating for children with disabilities ...

The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program and The Arc of the United States, a community-based disability advocacy organization, both filed a complaint with HHS over Alabama’s 2010 guidelines for ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling to restrict access to voting last week is a reminder of the importance of disability rights laws for protecting the civil rights of all Americans. By Ari Ne’eman Mr. Ne’eman ...

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could make it more challenging for convicted murderers to avoid execution by claiming intellectual disability. The case ...

An appeals court has ruled the state of Alabama cannot execute man with an intellectual disability who was sentenced to death for murdering a man in 1997, upholding a lower court’s decision. The US ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution.