Disability-Chuck Mackey: Sept. 11, 2014 GADSDEN, Alabama -- Chuck Mackey of Southside talks about his experiences after retiring on disability Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (William Thornton / ...

Alabama is the least able state in the nation. We are among the least able to climb stairs, least able to see even when wearing glasses, least able to put on our own clothes, least able to run our own ...

The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the Supreme Court.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATMORE, Ala (WIAT) – The State of Alabama ...

Deputies in Alabama pitched in last week to help a veteran with a disability get to an appointment with a doctor who was nearly 100 miles away, officials said. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office ...

The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program and The Arc of the United States, a community-based disability advocacy organization, both filed a complaint with HHS over Alabama’s 2010 guidelines for ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling to restrict access to voting last week is a reminder of the importance of disability rights laws for protecting the civil rights of all Americans. By Ari Ne’eman Mr. Ne’eman ...

Victoria DeLano (above) advocated for people with disabilities at the Office for Civil Rights. She was fired in February 2025. (Courtesy of Victoria DeLano) Advocating for children with disabilities ...

The prefiled bill would allow drivers to choose whether or not to add a symbol to their license showing they have a medical ...

An appeals court has ruled the state of Alabama cannot execute man with an intellectual disability who was sentenced to death for murdering a man in 1997, upholding a lower court’s decision. The US ...

ATMORE, Ala (WIAT) – The State of Alabama has executed Matthew Reeves, an intellectually disabled Black man, for the 1996 murder of Willie Johnson in Dallas County. Reeves’ execution had been set for ...