With summer beckoning, amusement park attendance is sure to rise, with the latest data collected from the Global Attractions Attendance Report finding a total of 140.5 Million visitors to North American Theme Parks in 2022. One of the primary concerns that has impacted and continues to impact the disability community regarding theme park access is a lack of access, even with legislation to correct this such as the Americans With Disabilities Act.  Under Title III of the Act, businesses be they operated privately or publicly that are designed to serve the general population such as ho ..read more

Bloomington’s Disability community introduces itself to the new city council, a new rule is proposed by the Department of Transportation for passengers with disabilities who travel via airline, The Food and Drug Administration renews a campaign to ban a device long used in a Massachusetts institution, and we talk with Bloomington Human Rights Director Michael Shermis on the latest developments in city Disability policy. Good evening, a brief reminder that April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month. In local news, new members of the Bloomington City Council were introduced to the primary Di ..read more

Revolutionary devices help persons who are blind eclipse non-accessibility and an examination of Bloomington’s first choir for individuals disabled and non-disabled.  Good evening. In national news, the solar eclipse has come and gone, but thanks to a device created by students at Harvard University, individuals across the country who are blind were also able to experience the phenomena.              Image courtesy of:Lightsound Project.org                                 &n ..read more

As part of our continuing exploration regarding the history of special education, we have covered the critical special education court cases that preceded last January’s supreme court case regarding special education Perez V Sturgis. Our journey so far has taken to the earliest case 1893’s Watson V Cambridge to 1919’s Beattie V Antigo Board of Education before reaching last week’s summary of Goldman V Ohio, one of the first notable victories for a special education student. However, before we move into the mobilization of parents in the 1950s and the tide beginning to turn in favor of students ..read more

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is a special edition of Disabulletin. Tonight, we continue our report: Lawyers, Schools, and Access: A History of Special Education in the United States as part of our coverage of the recent Supreme Court Special Education Case Perez V Sturgis School District, which will be decided by the end of the court’s term in June. Our topics tonight include: -What happened to Merritt Beattie after the 1919 Wisconsin Supreme Court Case excluding him from the public school system You can find out in this 1979 paper from the Ohio State Law Journal! https://kb.osu.edu ..read more

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Tonight, we begin the first leg of an adventure covering the history of Special Education Law in the United States. This is the next chapter in Disabulletin’s continuing coverage of the recent Supreme Court case Perez V Sturgis. To hear more about the case, you can find our previous episodes on WFHB.Org, just type Disabulletin in the search bar. Tonight, we take you back to the year 1893. The Chicago World’s fair is in full swi ..read more

Today on Disabulletin, we begin our pre-game coverage of tomorrow’s Supreme Court argument Perez V Sturgis Public School District. Specifically, the justices will consider whether families can pursue claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act if they have already settled Individuals with Disabilities Act or IDEA claims without fully exhausting all administrative proceedings under IDEA first. Arguments are slated to be held in front of the court tomorrow at high noon ..read more

Tonight on Disabulletin, we cover the latest news impacting individuals with Disabilties across the country and around the world. Tonight’s news items include: -Controversy over New Jersey School District’s strategies when addressing the removal of students with Disabilities from classrooms -Reporters from a French Autistic Newspaper interviewed French President Emmanuel Macron -A preview of Perez V Sturgis School District, a critical US Supreme court case concerning the right of Special Education students to sue for monetary damages when their right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education ..read more

Deke Hager filled in for WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro who reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we look at the oral arguments put forth by Marion County’s Health and Human Services attorney Lawrence Robbins during his turn in front of the justices ..read more

WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro presents the Disability activist perspective of the upcoming Supreme Court case Talevski v. Marion interviews Kim Dodson, Director of the Indiana Branch of the National Disability organization, the ARC. Stay tuned for Disabulletin’s post-oral argument analysis following tomorrow’s Supreme Court arguments ..read more