Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka dead at 79

Bob Kafka was an organizer with ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today), a group which advocates for policy ...
GBH

35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Opinion
The Morning TimesOpinion

Mental health care workers face too many needs and not enough money on the front line of Pa.'s self-made crisis

Mental health care workers face too many needs and not enough money on the front line of Pa.'s self-made crisis ...
The Gaston Gazette

More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?

More shoppers are stealing from self-checkouts, and what they're taking may surprise you. In a new study by Lending Tree, 27% of respondents admitted to stealing something from the self-checkout ...
New York Post

Innovative, ‘truly inclusive’ app improves dating for disabled and chronically ill people

NEW YORK — In her early 20s, Kaci LaFon lived in Branson, Missouri, a tourist town known for its older population. She wanted to date but found it a challenge, so — like many her age — she headed to ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

1 in 4 shoppers admit to stealing at self-checkouts, survey finds

Self-checkout kiosks may be convenient, but they also provide more opportunities for shoplifting. More than one in four shoppers who have used self-checkouts admit to giving themselves a five-finger ...