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THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
When Texas started scrubbing people from Medicaid after a three-year pause on removals during the pandemic, one family lost the insurance coverage that helped provide all treatments for their medically complex child.
Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.
Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.
Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.
One abortion provider said it was “engulfed” in treating more than 100 patients at one clinic before the law took effect Wednesday.
Asian and Pacific Islander populations surged in Texas over the past decade, but their political power is weakened under new congressional maps. A northwest Houston neighborhood offers a case study in how that was done.
Early on, coronavirus transmission exploded at dialysis clinics, especially in the Rio Grande Valley. It has subsided some since, but many patients have no choice but to show up at clinics for the life-sustaining treatments.
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In the United States, 26% of adults have some kind of disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For many, remote work has been more accessible as offices often lack situation-specific accommodations.
The cards can be easily forged but it's a federal crime, which is punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison for forging government seals found on the card. Forging a card could also violate university rules and students could face punishment from their schools as well.
The Ponca tribe buried Chief Standing Bear more than a century ago in what is now Nebraska. But Standing Bear’s tomahawk has been sitting in a glass case 1,500 miles away at a Harvard University museum in suburban Boston since 1982.
Lil Nas X’s unapologetic commitment to his identity has become even more essential in the wake of DaBaby’s comments. He’s proven he’s not successful in spite of his sexuality – he’s successful because he embraces it.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Madison Underwood was thrilled to learn she was pregnant. But when a rare defect in the developing fetus threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe chaos.
Gunfire in America has left a growing number of people with long-term disabilities. In one city, a support group that includes people who spent time in the same trauma ward offers a way to cope.
Restrictions in several states on mail-in voting are sending more people with disabilities to the polls. What they find isn’t always easy to navigate.
As more young people risk hearing loss, over-the-counter hearing aids are providing new options, but also confusing choices.
When shuttered venues embraced streaming during the pandemic, the arts became more accessible. With live performance back, and streams dwindling, many feel forgotten.
With roads and bridges damaged and water and electricity out, people who rely on every-other-day dialysis treatments needed extraordinary efforts to survive the storm’s aftermath.
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Some are pushing for modifications to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act to shield those gains. Others believe remote work already falls under the law's protections, but employers won't recognize it without the threat of federal enforcement.
Getting an abortion in Texas has become more difficult than anywhere else in the nation.