Month: November, 2011

Minority Students With Disabilities Suspended More Often

Black children with disabilities are two-and-a-half times more likely to be suspended than their white peers, a new report indicates.During the 2007-2008 school year, an average of 6.67 percent of white children with disabilities in the nation’s schools were suspended, the report found. At the same time, 16.64 percent of black students with disabilities received out-of-school suspensions.“The application of discipline is unfair and unequal in this country,” said Dan Losen, who authored the report, which is based on disciplinary data collected by the states and the federal government.

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Minority Students With Disabilities Suspended More Often

Feds Make Case For Accessible Taxis

New York being one of the biggest and largest cities in the United States of America lacks the wheelchair-accessible taxis which is really violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that many people are suffering due to inaccessibility of cabs. The officials of the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission told The New York Times that they will arrange taxis for the disabled with six months.

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Feds Make Case For Accessible Taxis

Crime Odds Nearly Double For People With Disabilities

The US department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, during the year 2010, shows Americans with disabilities of age 12 and older experience more than 567000 nonfatal violent crimes like robbery, rape and assault. Though the crime against them had decreased 25 percent as compared to the previous year which saw 753000 crimes, the individuals with disabilities continue to be victimized disproportionately. 17 percent of the victims believe that disability was the reason for why they were targeted. People with cognitive disabilities also experience the same problem. Women victims are slightly more than men victims in the list.

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Crime Odds Nearly Double For People With Disabilities

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