Monthly Archives: April 2014
Disney Accused of Not Making Parks Assessable to Children with Disabilities
According to DisabilityScoop.com, Disney is facing allegations of discrimination in a lawsuit that says that the company does not accommodate people with disabilities at its theme parks and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the mothers of 16 children and young adults with disabilities, and accuses Disney of dissuading the presence of disabled youths at theme parks. According to the lawsuit, Disney had made changes to its accommodation policies last fall, allowing individuals with disabilities and their guests to skip to the front of lines for attractions. However, now, visitors to Walt Disney World and Disneyland can obtain a Disability Access Service Card, which allows them to schedule a return time to wait in line for a ride. Disney said it switched to the card after the old system was “abused and exploited.” In their lawsuit, the families allege that the company…
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Does Your Child Suffer From Autism? Rates Have Shot Up By Nearly 30 Percent
According to USA Today, autism rates increased by nearly 30 percent between 2008 and 2010, and have more than doubled since the turn of the century. The news comes from a study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is now believed that autism affects one out of every 68 eight-year-old children, up from 88 children just two years ago. “We don’t know the extent those factors explain in terms of the increase, but we clearly know they do play a role,” Coleen Boyle, director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the CDC told USA Today. “Our system tells us what’s going on. It (only) gives us clues as to the why.” The study also showed that African American autism rates were lower than that of white and Hispanic races. It also showed that boys were five times more likely to…
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Woman Files Lawsuit Claiming Doctor Failed to Give Her Medication Resulting in Son’s Death
According to the Oregonian, a woman whose premature baby died after an emergency Caesarean section has filed a $1.9 million lawsuit against the doctor who treated her. The woman claims that the doctor failed to give her medication that would have delayed her son’s birth. The lawsuit was filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court last month. The woman was reportedly 6 1/2 months pregnant in February 2012 when she went to Providence Seaside Hospital with signs that she was in early labor, according to the Oregonian. Testing, including ultrasounds, showed that the fetus had normal heartbeats. However, the woman ended up spending 11 hours at the hospital before she was transferred via ambulance to the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Northwest Portland, which is 74 miles from Seaside. According to her lawsuit, about an hour after her arrival at St. Vincent, an emergency C-section was performed on the…
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