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Mark Mostert: Airlines Need To Do Better To Support People With Disabilities

Able Americans, Commentary /
"Recent reports make clear that passengers with disabilities are not a priority for airlines, writes Dr. Mark Mostert of Able Americans. In a commentary published at Issues & Insights, Mark describes several recent examples of airlines failing people with disabilities, ...
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Mark Mostert: People with Disabilities Thrive When Free of Stifling Bureaucracy

Able Americans, Commentary /
The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) "is a great idea with lofty but unrealistic goals that completely fail to take into account the real world," writes Mark P. Mostert of Able Americans in a ...
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Mark Mostert: Kids with Severe Disabilities Deserve Better

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"Infant Indi Gregory... died a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking tragedy. But why she died is grotesque — the perfect storm of medicine and heartless legal arguments culminating in a court-ordered refusal to show mercy and compassion." In a commentary syndicated through ...
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Melissa Ortiz: How Does Dysfunctional HHS Serve the ‘Health and Well-Being’ of All Americans?

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According to its website, the Department of Health and Human Services’ stated mission is to “enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences ...
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Melissa Ortiz: One Flag Can Celebrate Two Things, Can’t It?

Able Americans, Commentary /
This photo of the Universal Access Flag Lap Blanket is owned by the National Museum of American History. July is Disability Pride Month, a 31-day observance culminating with the National Council on Independent Living’s week-long annual conference that concludes with ...
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C. Boyden Gray: A Conservative Champion for Those With Disabilities

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C. Boyden Gray, who recently passed away at the age of 80, was known for many things. After witnessing the disastrous Carter administration, the lifelong Democrat converted to conservatism and became White House counsel to President George H.W. Bush and ...
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Melissa Ortiz: C. Boyden Gray: Statesman and Champion of the Underdog

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History is a funny thing. We tend to choose what we want to remember and how we want to remember it, leaving out things and people that are inconvenient to our narrative.  Such is the story of C. Boyden Gray — ...
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Supreme Court Protects Property Rights While Blocking Biden Scheme

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"With its May 25 decision in Sackett v. EPA, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito, the Supreme Court has finally imposed a limiting principle on the EPA’s authority," writes National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., at The Hill. First Bonner explains ...
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Bonner Cohen: Sackett v. EPA Is a Victory for Property Rights

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Farmers, ranchers and other landowners throughout the country can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court has delivered long-overdue clarity in Sackett v. EPA over which bodies of water the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate under the Clean ...
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Electric Wheelchairs: A Cautionary Tale to Those Hyping Electric Vehicles

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People who depend on electric wheelchairs have a unique perspective as to the challenges that will face a nation that becomes increasingly tied to electric vehicles (EVs). Recently the EPA announced new emissions rules designed to aggressively push the country ...
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