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D.C. Human Rights Act DCHRA amended adding a new protective status, broaden who is covered under DCRHA to redefine how plaintiffs prove harassment claims Human Rights Enhancement Amendment Act of 2022 DCHREAA, DC Protection for Homeless Status, Changes Definitions of Harassment, Employee

The District of Columbia recently amended the D.C. Human Rights Act (DCHRA) by adding a new protective status, broadening who is covered under the act. The District also modified the...

Rising from a meeting recently, which aimed to express its appreciation, especially to main sponsors, MTN Foundation and Ford Foundation, as well as the patrons, whose continued interventions, support and encouragement have taken the yearly Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) to new and more impactful levels, Chairman Elder K. U. Kalu and the entire board of the initiative have said Nigeria’s biggest and longest running visual art festival is now offering an overall winner’s prize of N1 mi...

A video clip on YouTube shows a blind man in a red batik shirt making his way through a pavement with his white cane. A water tank, installed during the pandemic to encourage passers-by to wash their hands, stands in his way and he navigates around it. He finally arrives at his destination: a bus stop in the Kaliasin district...

Cope Foundation is encouraging people to talk about inclusion this weekend, as the charity is set to host a special event on Cork’s Harley Street on Saturday, which is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3rd). 

The last month of the year isnt just about Christmas and New Years Eve!

The Scouts and Guides Fellowship- Ghana has embarked on another benevolence exercise by donating some assorted items to New Horizon Special School, in Accra. The items donated included, drinks, fruits, bags of water,  sanitary products, and among others. The Vice President, Mr. Seth Mensah Wutsika, who delivered the items on…

Christmas is the major December holiday. However, there are more holidays and observances in December to celebrate as well, and we share over 100 of them!

This Viewpoint discusses 3 types of systemic health inequity experienced by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities—stigma, exclusion, and

Long hold times contacting the Federal Emergency Management Agency are just one challenge emerging as the nation responds to Hurricane Fiona, which swam...