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  "description": "Latest international disability inclusion news across 34 countries",
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    "Library",
    "subject",
    "Global",
    "International News",
    "Accessibility and Design",
    "Neurodivergent (or neurodiversity-inclusive)",
    "Climate Crisis and Environment",
    "Inclusive education:",
    "Communication and Language",
    "Inclusive and accessible communication",
    "Disney’s Songs In Sign Language",
    "Culture, Entertainment and Media",
    "Digital Accessibility and Technology",
    "Apple unveils new accessibility features:",
    "Building a general-purpose accessibility agent",
    "The Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People:",
    "Staying Relevant as Disability Inclusion Advisors",
    "Education and Childhood",
    "Disability Inclusive Education",
    "Disability inclusive education is a right,",
    "Health",
    "Associations between disability and tobacco use",
    "International Cooperation",
    "Sport and Paralympics",
    "Fifa criticized",
    "FIFA World Cup 2026™",
    "Africa",
    "Ethiopia",
    "Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees",
    "Living the ‘Double Challenge’ of Displacement and Disability.",
    "Nigeria",
    "Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism",
    "Polio Survivor Alleges Discrimination At Lagos Airport",
    "Rwanda",
    "Designing for Disability Inclusion.",
    "Uganda",
    "\"Every child has the potential\":",
    "Zambia",
    "History and Memorial",
    "In memory of Sylvester Katontoka",
    "Policy and Rights",
    "The Limits of the Reasonable Accommodation Duty under Zambian Law:",
    "Human Rights situation",
    "Asia",
    "Bangladesh",
    "Licences of restaurants, hotels",
    "China",
    "Justice Systems and Legal Capacity",
    "Judicial services made more accessible",
    "India",
    "When Detention Becomes Punishment Before a Verdict.",
    "Lived Experience and Opinion",
    "My Octopus takes me to the Neem Tree.",
    "Benchmarking disability inclusion:",
    "Iran",
    "Civil Society and Community",
    "Disabled teacher Amir Rahimi",
    "Iraq",
    "Measures to support people with disabilities",
    "Laos",
    "Unmet Need for Disability-Related Services",
    "Lebanon",
    "Conflict and Peace",
    "For Lebanon’s Disabled Community,",
    "Nepal",
    "Nepal’s parliament is now accessible in sign language:",
    "Singapore",
    "Employment, Business and Work",
    "The hawker centre training programme",
    "Türkiye",
    "Those who are everywhere and nowhere:",
    "Vietnam",
    "COVID-19",
    "Access to and self-reported health impacts",
    "Europe",
    "Data and Research",
    "Discrimination in everyday life",
    "Women with Disabilities in Digital and Tech.",
    "Gender Equality and Women with Disabilities",
    "Active Inclusion & Equal Opportunities",
    "Enhancing the strategy",
    "Denmark",
    "Human on Air:",
    "Germany",
    "Alliance for a fairer school system",
    "A law that protects barriers.",
    "Iceland",
    "Soaking with Your Subjects:",
    "Malta",
    "Abela pledges €20,000 grant",
    "Netherlands",
    "Teachers are reluctant to strive for inclusive education.",
    "Spain",
    "Children and dependent adults with disabilities",
    "Switzerland",
    "Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization",
    "Love to the point of hoping for death:",
    "United Kingdom",
    "Fearfully and wonderfully made:",
    "Air conditioning:",
    "Economics and Social Protection",
    "Health and disability benefit spending",
    "Employment support for disabled people:",
    "New EHRC Guidance",
    "A Guide To Disabled LGBTQ+ Led Organisations.",
    "Disabled Empire:",
    "‘The biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation’",
    "Crip Time.",
    "The politics of sitting down",
    "Relationships, Sex and Reproductive Rights",
    "Choices and Support on the Maternity Journey in the UK:",
    "North America",
    "Bahamas",
    "IACHR raises concerns",
    "Canada",
    "Workplace accessibility",
    "Saint Kitts and Nevis",
    "St. Kitts and Nevis Launches",
    "Saint Lucia",
    "Norbert Moves to Make Accessibility Law",
    "United States",
    "Disability-Led Rural Climate Initiatives",
    "A Deaf Manifesto on Motherhood.",
    "How we’re celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day.",
    "Adaptive tech changes",
    "What ‘Special Needs Mommy’ Influencers",
    "Disaster Risk Reduction and Crisis Response",
    "Disaster Preparedness",
    "Getting disability benefits got harder",
    "Disabled Adults Living with Families",
    "Screens are leaving schools fast,",
    "RFK Jr. Will Oversee",
    "How the Moving of Special Education",
    "How 13 High Schoolers",
    "‘Makeshift Fight Club’:",
    "Native kids with disabilities",
    "Feeling invisible,",
    "What being institutionalised",
    "Disabled Adults Find Gainful Employment and Live Independently",
    "Fine. I'll Say It. I'm Inspiring.",
    "Warhammer 40,000 Is an Accessibility Battle:",
    "The Way Disabled People Love Each Other.",
    "How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria",
    "Who gets to speak for mothers of autistic children?",
    "Politics and Elections",
    "Josh Turek, a Paralympian,",
    "The Populist Paralympian",
    "Oceania",
    "Australia",
    "Online Gaming and Emancipation:",
    "New Zealand",
    "AI avatars",
    "Spotlighting Aotearoa's disabled authors.",
    "Disability Roadmap 2026.",
    "Human Rights Commission calls",
    "South America",
    "Argentina",
    "The “phantom model”:"
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  "textContent": "**Library > June 2026**\n\n_This page is organized by country, you can also see links organized by subject._\n\nThis update has 91 curated links from 34 countries and regions, organized across 34 subjects.\n\n## Contents\n\n  * Global\n\n    * International News\n  * Africa\n\n    * Ethiopia\n\n    * Nigeria\n\n    * Rwanda\n\n    * Uganda\n\n    * Zambia\n\n  * Asia\n\n    * Bangladesh\n\n    * China\n\n    * India\n\n    * Iran\n\n    * Iraq\n\n    * Laos\n\n    * Lebanon\n\n    * Nepal\n\n    * Singapore\n\n    * Türkiye\n\n    * Vietnam\n\n  * Europe\n\n    * Europe\n\n    * Denmark\n\n    * Germany\n\n    * Iceland\n\n    * Malta\n\n    * Netherlands\n\n    * Spain\n\n    * Switzerland\n\n    * United Kingdom\n\n  * North America\n\n    * Bahamas\n\n    * Canada\n\n    * Saint Kitts and Nevis\n\n    * Saint Lucia\n\n    * United States\n\n  * Oceania\n\n    * Australia\n\n    * New Zealand\n\n  * South America\n\n    * Argentina\n\n\n\n## Resources\n\n### Global\n\n#### International News\n\n**In Accessibility and Design** :\n\nNeurodivergent (or neurodiversity-inclusive) standards for buildings. (May, OSA)\n\n**In Climate Crisis and Environment** :\n\nInclusive education:  the missing piece of the climate resilience. (Apr, Sightsavers)\n\n**In Communication and Language** :\n\nInclusive and accessible communication  resource hub. (Fighting Talk)\n\nDisney’s Songs In Sign Language  Makes One Major Mistake:\n\n> “The biggest problem with Songs in Sign Language is how it takes a visual language like ASL and actually obstructs important lyrics. This can make it difficult for ASL users to truly comprehend what the lyrics are because the video doesn't properly translate them.” (May, Screen Rant)\n\n**In Culture, Entertainment and Media** :\n\nDisney’s Songs In Sign Language  Makes One Major Mistake:\n\n> “The biggest problem with Songs in Sign Language is how it takes a visual language like ASL and actually obstructs important lyrics. This can make it difficult for ASL users to truly comprehend what the lyrics are because the video doesn't properly translate them.” (May, Screen Rant)\n\n**In Digital Accessibility and Technology** :\n\nApple unveils new accessibility features: “With Apple Intelligence, detailed descriptions and natural language navigation are coming to features such as VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader”. (May, Apple)\n\nBuilding a general-purpose accessibility agent —and what we learned in the process. (May, The GitHub Blog)\n\nThe Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People:\n\n> “What these developers are offering their AI visitors is essentially an accessibility accommodation. Yet, the framing on Svelte’s site sends an unfortunate message. When the audience is AI, accommodation is offered with a wink. Beep boop! But when the audience is a disabled person, it has historically been treated as an afterthought. Structured, concise text-based representations of complex content are almost exactly the kind of accommodation that blind and low-vision screen reader users have spent decades requesting from web developers, largely in vain.” (May, TechPolicy.Press)\n\nStaying Relevant as Disability Inclusion Advisors in the Age of AI:\n\n> “But AI cannot walk into a room and read the silence. It cannot notice when a program manager is uncomfortable discussing disability. It cannot sense when a partner is using polite language to hide institutional resistance. It cannot observe that a young person with a disability in the room is present but not participating because the facilitation method is not accessible. It cannot feel the difference between a partner who is genuinely committed and one who is only complying because a funder has asked for disability inclusion.” (May, Ambrose Murangira)\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nDisability Inclusive Education a dialogue:\n\n> “Most Inclusive Education frameworks start with the preservation of the norm, the mainstream classroom, the standard curriculum, and the typical developmental pathway for example, and then consider how children who deviate from the norm can be brought into it. A pluralist approach inverts this logic. Rather than asking how children with disabilities can access a pre-existing system, it challenges whether the system itself can be designed to reflect the diversity of the way children learn and interact. Difference is not a problem to be accommodated; it is the starting point from which education should be designed. This shifts the ideological framing from charity to justice, and from integration to transformation.” (May, Wilton Park)\n\nDisability inclusive education is a right, not a funding choice. (Mar, The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET))\n\n**In Health** :\n\nAssociations between disability and tobacco use in 31 low-income and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data. The findings “indicated a higher likelihood of tobacco use among individuals with disabilities compared to those without disabilities.” (Apr, eClinicalMedicine)\n\n**In International Cooperation** :\n\nStaying Relevant as Disability Inclusion Advisors in the Age of AI:\n\n> “But AI cannot walk into a room and read the silence. It cannot notice when a program manager is uncomfortable discussing disability. It cannot sense when a partner is using polite language to hide institutional resistance. It cannot observe that a young person with a disability in the room is present but not participating because the facilitation method is not accessible. It cannot feel the difference between a partner who is genuinely committed and one who is only complying because a funder has asked for disability inclusion.” (May, Ambrose Murangira)\n\n**In Sport and Paralympics** :\n\nFifa criticized  for ‘deeply concerning’ approach to ticketing for fans with disabilities. (Apr, the Guardian)\n\nFIFA World Cup 2026™ to feature sign language interpretation for all matches, additional accessible experiences to help all fans enjoy the global showcase. (FIFA)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### Africa\n\n#### Ethiopia\n\n**In Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees** :\n\nLiving the ‘Double Challenge’ of Displacement and Disability. A profile of advocacy for refugees living with disabilities. (May, The Reporter)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Nigeria\n\n**In Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism** :\n\nPolio Survivor Alleges Discrimination At Lagos Airport after being denied boarding after airline officials informed him that the Ambi-Lift was not functional. (May, Qualitative)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Rwanda\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nDesigning for Disability Inclusion. Insights from the ECCE Outcomes Fund in Rwanda. (2025, EOF)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Uganda\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\n\"Every child has the potential\": how inclusive education is changing children’s futures in Uganda. (Video profile, Jan, Sightsavers)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Zambia\n\n**In History and Memorial** :\n\nIn memory of Sylvester Katontoka the founder of Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA). (Validity)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nThe Limits of the Reasonable Accommodation Duty under Zambian Law:  A Comparative Legal Perspective (Apr, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice)\n\nHuman Rights situation of Persons with Albinism in Zambia. (Jan, Africa Albinism Network)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### Asia\n\n#### Bangladesh\n\n**In Accessibility and Design** :\n\nLicences of restaurants, hotels will be cancelled if they don't have ramps and toilets for people with disabilities. (May, Prothom Alo)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### China\n\n**In Justice Systems and Legal Capacity** :\n\nJudicial services made more accessible to nation's persons with disabilities:\n\n> “Recognizing Li's lack of hearing, the court quickly activated its fast-track service for disabled individuals. Using writing tablets and voice-to-text software, the court assisted Li in preparing his case, in which he sought 2,900 yuan ($426) in compensation for medical costs, bike repairs and lost wages, and prioritized the filing process. The court also arranged for a professional sign language interpreter through the China Disabled Persons' Federation and invited federation staff to assist with mediation.” (May, Chinadaily.com.cn)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### India\n\n**In Justice Systems and Legal Capacity** :\n\nWhen Detention Becomes Punishment Before a Verdict. “Structural inaccessibility in India’s criminal justice system violates the rights of persons with disabilities.” (May, OpenGlobalRights)\n\n**In Lived Experience and Opinion** :\n\nMy Octopus takes me to the Neem Tree. Sleepless childhood nights and the beings that inhabited them: an illustrated essay. (Jun, Disability Debrief)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nBenchmarking disability inclusion: 10 years of SDG implementation in India. (Mar, Rising Flame)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Iran\n\n**In Civil Society and Community** :\n\nDisabled teacher Amir Rahimi sentenced to four years in prison in Azna, for participation in January protests. (May, Hengaw)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Iraq\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nMeasures to support people with disabilities in completing postgraduate studies. (May, Iraqi News Agency)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Laos\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nUnmet Need for Disability-Related Services  Among Children with Disabilities in Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR: A Cross-Sectional Study. (May, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Lebanon\n\n**In Conflict and Peace** :\n\nFor Lebanon’s Disabled Community, War Has Deepened a Long Crisis. (May, DAWN)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Nepal\n\n**In Communication and Language** :\n\nNepal’s parliament is now accessible in sign language:\n\n> “The biggest challenge during live broadcasts is the absence of signs for many technical and political words. Discussions are underway on how to make such terms easier to explain.” (May, The Kathmandu Post)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Singapore\n\n**In Employment, Business and Work** :\n\nThe hawker centre training programme empowering Singaporeans with disabilities. (Short video profile, Apr, SCMP)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Türkiye\n\n**In Civil Society and Community** :\n\nThose who are everywhere and nowhere: Toward an anti-capitalist disability movement: “Speed belongs to capitalism, life belongs to us.” (May, Bianet)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Vietnam\n\n**In COVID-19** :\n\nAccess to and self-reported health impacts of COVID-19 prevention measures on people with disabilities in Vietnam:\n\n> “People with disabilities reported significantly worse well-being and healthcare access and faced greater barriers in accessing vaccination information and services despite similar vaccination coverage. These findings indicate that while high vaccination coverage is achievable, disproportionate structural barriers faced by people with disabilities call for inclusive, targeted strategies in future public health emergencies.” (Apr, BMC Public Health)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### Europe\n\n#### Europe\n\n**In Data and Research** :\n\nDiscrimination in everyday life for people with disabilities:\n\n> “In 2024, 9.4% of people with disabilities (activity limitation) aged 16 or over, in the EU, felt discriminated against when in contact with administrative offices or public services, more than double the share registered among people without disabilities (4.0%).” (May, Eurostat)\n\n**In Digital Accessibility and Technology** :\n\nWomen with Disabilities in Digital and Tech. A report on experiences, analysis of barriers and policies that could address them. (2025, EPR)\n\n**In Gender Equality and Women with Disabilities** :\n\nActive Inclusion & Equal Opportunities for Women & Girls with Disabilities. (2025, EPR)\n\nWomen with Disabilities in Digital and Tech. A report on experiences, analysis of barriers and policies that could address them. (2025, EPR)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nEnhancing the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities up to 2030. (May, European Commission)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Denmark\n\n**In Culture, Entertainment and Media** :\n\nHuman on Air: profile of TV Glad. (In German, 2025, Journalist.de)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Germany\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nAlliance for a fairer school system is founded in Berlin:\n\n> “Berlin prides itself on being a cosmopolitan city, inclusion is touted in connection with the Olympics – but in education, the current Senate is further expanding segregation”. (In German, May, Taz)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nA law that protects barriers. “The proposed reform of the Disability Equality Act is insufficient for those affected.” (In German, May, Taz)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Iceland\n\n**In History and Memorial** :\n\nSoaking with Your Subjects: Disability Microhistory as a Methodological Bridge Between Microhistory and Critical Disability Studies. (May, Scandinavian Journal of History)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Malta\n\n**In Accessibility and Design** :\n\nAbela pledges €20,000 grant  for persons with disabilities to buy their first home. (Apr, Malta Independent)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Netherlands\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nTeachers are reluctant to strive for inclusive education. 'That would be wonderful in an ideal world, but that is not how it works.' (In Dutch, May, NRC)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Spain\n\n**In Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees** :\n\nChildren and dependent adults with disabilities can obtain residency alongside their parents. (Apr, InfoMigrants)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Switzerland\n\n**In Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization** :\n\nLove to the point of hoping for death: the terrible secret of parents of adults with intellectual disabilities. (In French, May, Couper L'herbe Sous les Roues)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### United Kingdom\n\n**In Civil Society and Community** :\n\nFearfully and wonderfully made: a report about the wellbeing of disabled and neurodivergent clergy in the Church of England. (Apr, Diocese of London)\n\n**In Climate Crisis and Environment** :\n\nAir conditioning: the wealthy and well can afford it, but disabled people who need it most can’t. (May, the Guardian)\n\n**In Economics and Social Protection** :\n\nHealth and disability benefit spending  is already higher than defence spending:\n\n> “The OBR forecast working age health and disability benefits spending of £62.7 billion in 2025/26, increasing to £74.9 billion in 2028/29—both slightly higher than defence spending in these years.” (May, Full Fact)\n\n**In Employment, Business and Work** :\n\nEmployment support for disabled people: Disability at Work:\n\n> “We conclude that for too many disabled people the workplace is a hostile environment. If the government is serious about reducing disability-related economic inactivity, it must urgently address two of the main workplace barriers: the reluctance of employers to make reasonable adjustments, and the inaccessibility of workplaces, which leaves disabled people unnecessarily reliant on reasonable adjustments in the first place.\n>\n> “We recommend that the government require employers to (a) respond to requests for reasonable adjustments within two weeks and, if a request is refused, to explain in writing the grounds for refusal, and (b) provide all new employees, whether they know them to be disabled or not, with information about the rights of disabled people at work, and of sources of support and advocacy.” (May, House of Commons)\n\n**In Gender Equality and Women with Disabilities** :\n\nNew EHRC Guidance Disability Rights UK’s Statement:\n\n> “We are appalled at implications from the Code that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. It is a vain attempt to get two marginalised groups to blame one another for our lack of facilities, when the blame lies firmly at the feet of policymakers. We will not fall for it. We will not be used as a ‘loophole’ in the wider erosion of trans rights.” (May, Disability Rights UK)\n\nA Guide To Disabled LGBTQ+ Led Organisations. (Apr, Consortium)\n\n**In History and Memorial** :\n\nDisabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain. (May, University of Chicago Press)\n\n**In Justice Systems and Legal Capacity** :\n\n‘The biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation’ Charities respond to Supreme Court ruling. (Jun, Mencap)\n\n**In Lived Experience and Opinion** :\n\nCrip Time. Existing in a different temporal register as a disabled person:\n\n> “Disability routinely disrupts and forecloses the normative development timeline. We experience our education interrupted, our careers fragmented, and our relationships strained by the unpredictability of our bodies and minds. The questions of milestones, such as marriage and children, also become complicated or closed. Those milestones arrive late, in the wrong order, or are replaced by others entirely.” (May, Jamie Hale)\n\n**In Mobility, Travel, Transport and Tourism** :\n\nThe politics of sitting down 140,000 Londoners with non-visible disabilities wear TfL's 'Please Offer Me A Seat' badge on public transport. Does it work? (Jun, Body Babble)\n\n**In Relationships, Sex and Reproductive Rights** :\n\nChoices and Support on the Maternity Journey in the UK:  Voices from Women with Cerebral Palsy. (Apr, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### North America\n\n#### Bahamas\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nIACHR raises concerns on immigration and poor implementation of disability law. (Apr, The Nassau Guardian)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Canada\n\n**In Employment, Business and Work** :\n\nWorkplace accessibility  for public servants with disabilities is progressing, with more to be done:\n\n> “Across all organizations audited, the time needed to respond to accommodation requests ranged from an average of 24 to 310 days. In the organizations that did not track their turnaround times, resolving requests took longer.” (May, Canada.ca)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Saint Kitts and Nevis\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nSt. Kitts and Nevis Launches First Disability Policy 2026-20. (May, Nevis News)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### Saint Lucia\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nNorbert Moves to Make Accessibility Law  with Disability Registry and Prosthetic Centre. (Apr, Saint Lucia Daily Post)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### United States\n\n**In Climate Crisis and Environment** :\n\nDisability-Led Rural Climate Initiatives  that are Making Change. (May, Disabled Journalists Association)\n\n**In Communication and Language** :\n\nA Deaf Manifesto on Motherhood. Interview with Sara Nović: “What is a mother tongue, and how do you get one? What if your mother has no tongue? What if you have no mother?” (May, Electric Literature)\n\n**In Culture, Entertainment and Media** :\n\nHow we’re celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day. “Our product and technology team has made it a priority for 2026 to audit and improve the accessibility of our digital products.” (May, The 19th)\n\nAdaptive tech changes who gets to work in journalism. (May, The Word)\n\n**In Digital Accessibility and Technology** :\n\nWhat ‘Special Needs Mommy’ Influencers Get Wrong About Parenting Disabled Kids:\n\n> “Not only are these parents’ comments hurtful, but they’re often inaccurate: They rely on stereotypes more at home in an old-school Jerry Lewis telethon than on Instagram in 2026.” (May, Rewire News Group)\n\n**In Disaster Risk Reduction and Crisis Response** :\n\nDisaster Preparedness  (Still) Isn’t Accessible in Rural America. (Jun, Disabled Journalists Association)\n\n**In Economics and Social Protection** :\n\nGetting disability benefits got harder after the Social Security Administration’s staff was slashed and program rules were changed by Trump. (Jun, The Conversation)\n\nDisabled Adults Living with Families  Targeted by Trump Administration. (May, Disabled Journalists Association)\n\n**In Education and Childhood** :\n\nScreens are leaving schools fast, though some students with disabilities rely on them. (Jun, NPR)\n\nRFK Jr. Will Oversee Disability Education Policy. (Jun, Mother Jones)\n\nHow the Moving of Special Education and Civil Rights Out of the Department of Education Will Hurt Disabled Students and What We Can Do. (Jun, DREDF)\n\nHow 13 High Schoolers Are Fighting The Bullying Crisis Facing Students With Disabilities. (May, Disability Scoop)\n\n‘Makeshift Fight Club’: Arkansas Private School Founder Punished for Abuse of Disabled Student. (May, Disabled Journalists Association)\n\nNative kids with disabilities  were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming (May, NPR)\n\n**In Independent Living and Deinstitutionalization** :\n\nFeeling invisible, many disabled caregivers also need support. “Over a third of family caregivers in the U.S. have disabilities — and are more likely to be caregivers than people without disabilities.” (May, The 19th)\n\nWhat being institutionalised  taught me about resistance. And why these lessons come back as Trump attacks marginalised communities:\n\n> “It can feel like we must yield to those in power. But what the institutions of my childhood taught me is that obedience only gives permission for systems of exploitation to continue. When I had lost all other freedom, non-compliance reignited my will to survive.” (Jun, Disability Debrief)\n\n**In Lived Experience and Opinion** :\n\nDisabled Adults Find Gainful Employment and Live Independently With New RICH PARENTS™ Program. (Jun, The Squeaky Wheel)\n\nFine. I'll Say It. I'm Inspiring. Be Inspired By the Right Thing:\n\n> “I’m inspiring because I built a career inside a system that was designed to keep me out of it.” (May, Steve Way's Substack)\n\nWarhammer 40,000 Is an Accessibility Battle:\n\n> “If anything, I’m almost thankful to Games Workshop for making me understand that relying on others is beautifully intimate, especially when living with a physical disability.” (May, IGN)\n\nThe Way Disabled People Love Each Other. A book by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. (Arsenal Pulp Press)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nHow a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights. Republican AGs continue quietly pushing for a rollback of civil rights in Section 504 disability case. (May, The 19th)\n\nWho gets to speak for mothers of autistic children? A key federal advisory committee has been reshaped around MAHA moms, raising questions about who gets heard in setting pivotal policy. (Apr, The 19th)\n\n**In Politics and Elections** :\n\nJosh Turek, a Paralympian,  Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Iowa. (Jun, New York Times)\n\nThe Populist Paralympian Who Wants to Roll Into the Senate. (May, Mother Jones)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### Oceania\n\n#### Australia\n\n**In Digital Accessibility and Technology** :\n\nOnline Gaming and Emancipation: The Case of People with Physical Disabilities Communities of Practice:\n\n> “The first major finding related to the impact of anonymity as an empowering force and its potential emancipatory effects for PwPD as they traverse the online gaming world. In addition, the research also highlighted how this empowerment and increased confidence has the potential to transcend from the online world into offline spaces.” (Apr, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n#### New Zealand\n\n**In Communication and Language** :\n\nAI avatars to deliver real-time NZ sign language translations. (May, 1News)\n\n**In Culture, Entertainment and Media** :\n\nSpotlighting Aotearoa's disabled authors. A curation of 17 books by disabled New Zealand authors. (May, The D*List)\n\n**In Digital Accessibility and Technology** :\n\nAI avatars to deliver real-time NZ sign language translations. (May, 1News)\n\n**In Justice Systems and Legal Capacity** :\n\nDisability Roadmap 2026. “From the New Zealand Crime & Victim Survey we know disabled people are on average 10% more likely to be a victim of a crime and are disproportionally represented in youth and prison facilities.” (Apr, NZ Police)\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nHuman Rights Commission calls  for rights-based approach to Disability Support, condemns raft of rollbacks. (May, Human Rights Commission)\n\n_Back tocontents._\n\n### South America\n\n#### Argentina\n\n**In Policy and Rights** :\n\nThe “phantom model”: rights that exist, but are not fulfilled. (In Spanish, Yo También)\n\n_Back tocontents._",
  "title": "Disability news, June 2026, by country",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-23T18:43:06.764Z"
}