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The Health and Disability Commissioner has found an obstetrician/gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in relation to surgery for the removal of an ovarian cyst. The woman underwent surgery for what ...

The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found IDEA Services, and a support worker, breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in their care of a resident. The breach involves severe departures in the standard ...

As a society, we often ignorantly assume that if we can’t see a visible disability, then the individual must be living a struggle-free life.

It's estimated only nine per cent of Ugandan children living with disabilities attend primary school. There is a movement to give these children a fighting chance to thrive.

Andrew Blake-Newton hopes telling his story will embolden other trans people to speak out about their experiences.

Research published today by Growing Up in New Zealand has found that more young people and families experience disability than shown before, and these young people are experiencing inequities in many areas of their lives leading researchers to recommend ...

A carer who stole £17,500 from several people with learning disabilities over 18 months has been spared jail.

Seth Boone, a former part-time employee of the Daviess County Public Library, filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week, alleging the library terminated his

The Disability Pride Month, every July, commemorates the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which came into effect on July 26, 1990.

I would be looking at any possible charge for anyone involved in the depths breadth of that fraud -- >> doj -- >> it wont get that far. i would settle for a public statement accepting culpability and an apology thats one thing yet to do. hes yet to say im wrong. i was wrong, and im so sorry for the consequences. because it doesnt just stop at the viral origins. qhab the fact that he continued to recommend that children as young as two wear face masks. the cdc now telling us that well there were ...