In California, businesses need to have accommodations for people with disabilities. Businesses with five or more employees ...

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Disability rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law, arguing that recent changes make it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t ...

At the lectern, state Senator Susan Rubio, a Baldwin Park Democrat, left; and state Senator Roger Niello, a Fair Oaks Republican. (Alan Riquelmy/Courthouse News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A broken ...

The Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals Building, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, California. (Coolcaesar/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) PASADENA (CN) — In an effort to ...

A disability lawyer provides legal services to people who are submitting Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims or appealing denied benefits. While you can apply for SSDI on your own, ...

An appellate court ordered California to pay over $8 million in damages and legal fees this week to a former state employee and her attorneys after she won a disability discrimination case, which the ...

SAN DIEGO — It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a ...