Japan’s top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized

In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities.…

Dave Chappelle targets trans community, disabled people in ‘The Dreamer’ Netflix special

After receiving harsh criticism for his remarks about transgender and LGBTQ+ communities in his previous Netflix special The Closer, Dave Chappelle again took a jab at trans people and targeted the disabled community in his latest special ‘‘The Dreamer’’. Chappelle…

Abeg, this Lagos is not for disabled people – Lucia Edafioka

I couldn’t help but notice that in this modern day and age public insfrastructure has no ramps for the disabled. Except for standard hospitals, I do not think Nigerians are building with the disabled in mind. We build our churches…

Paralysed woman starts own fashion line for disabled people (Metro)

When she was 24, Keisha Greaves was diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, which resulted in the muscles in her arms and legs becoming extremely weak. Now 32, Keisha from Massachusetts, has learned to live differently and it took Keisha some…

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