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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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Couple Awarded $50 Million Following Botched Newborn Genetic Testing
As we reported last December, botched genetic testing is becoming a concern in the medical community when dealing with newborns. According to the Seattle Times, a Washington jury awarded a couple $50 million after its son was born with profound mental and physical disabilities after two providers mishandled a genetic test. The Times reported that Brock and Rhea Wuth were told they had a 50-50 chance of having a child with a defect or a related translocation, so they sought out genetic testing before the child’s birth. After which, their son, Oliver, born in July 2008, was deemed normal. However, after the child was born, the family found out he had genetic defects, which led to disabilities. In a lawsuit, the family said that Valley Medical Center in Renton and Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp), based in North Carolina botched a prenatal test prior to Oliver’s birth. According to court…
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