Disability – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations.

Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.

WHAT DISABILITY LEADERS WANT TO SEE FROM 2020 CANDIDATES

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-01-16T08:36:11+00:00 January 16th, 2019|Disability|

On February 4th, 2016, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders faced off in their final debate before the New Hampshire Democratic primary. That night, Clinton’s closing statement followed a script that resembled her stump speeches and previous debate appearances: She listed specific groups that experience discrimination and for whom she’s spent her career fighting. Until

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African-American students with disabilities suspended at disproportionately high rates

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-08T09:28:41+00:00 May 8th, 2018|Disability, Education|

African-American special education students nationwide lose substantially more instruction time due to discipline than their white counterparts, according to a report by The Civil Rights Project at UCLA and the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard University.

The report, “Disabling Punishment: The Need for Remedies to the Disparate Loss of Instruction Experienced by

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Students With Disabilities Are Largely Ignored by Colleges’ Assault Prevention, Study Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-02-01T08:54:57+00:00 February 1st, 2018|Disability, Education, Police & Community|

Students with disabilities are not “on the radar” of colleges’ efforts and policies to prevent sexual assault, a new federal study has found.

The study, conducted by the National Council on Disability, a federal agency, suggests that undergraduates with a disability are more likely to be sexually assaulted than are their peers without a disability, and

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The 2016 Hate Crime Report from California’s Office of the Attorney General

By Carmen Chandler| 2017-07-13T15:04:22+00:00 July 11th, 2017|Disability, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+, Police & Community|

Hate Crime in California, 2016 reports statistics on hate crimes that occurred in California during 2016. These statistics include the number of hate crime events, hate crime offenses, victims of hate crimes, and suspects of hate crimes. This report also provides statistics from district and elected city attorneys on the number of hate crime cases

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LA’s housing crunch leaves disabled with few options

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:13+00:00 September 13th, 2016|Disability, Employment & Housing|

Paralyzed from the waist down and requiring a wheelchair, Pacoima resident Martin Rosales struck out last week when he went apartment hunting.

At one Van Nuys building, his wheelchair was too big for the apartment’s front door. Another unit’s bathroom was too small.

Read more in the Los Angeles Daily News.

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San Bernardino County reaches resolution with federal government over disabled students

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:15+00:00 August 8th, 2016|Disability, Education|

San Bernardino County has reached an agreement with the

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federal government after an investigation found that it violated

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federal law by not having a system in place to identify students with disabilities in

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Florida police shoot autistic man’s caretaker as he lies in street, hands in the air

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:16+00:00 July 21st, 2016|Disability, Police & Community|

A Florida police officer shot and wounded an autistic man’s black caretaker, authorities said, in an incident purportedly captured on cellphone video that shows the caretaker lying down with his arms raised before being shot.

Study shows lack of opportunity for disabled actors

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:16+00:00 July 20th, 2016|Disability|

When Hollywood discusses diversity, one community is often left out of the conversation: people with disabilities. Even in its most recent iterations, prompted by #OscarsSoWhite, differently abled people in the industry seem unable to find a seat at the table.

A recent study by the Ruderman Family Foundation revealed that, despite those with disabilities representing nearly 20%

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Workplaces Can Be Particularly Stressful For Disabled Americans, Poll Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:31:17+00:00 July 13th, 2016|Disability|

More than 4 in 10 working Americans say their job affects their overall health, with stress being cited most often as having a negative impact.

That’s according to a new survey about the workplace and health from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Long Beach program prepares young adults with autism for jobs and self-sufficiency

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:21+00:00 April 25th, 2016|Disability|

Alexander Ryan considers himself ambitious, and he’s proud that he recently achieved a long-standing goal: landing a part-time job at T.J. Maxx and getting there on public transportation.