Category Archives: Birth Trauma
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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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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Does Your Child Have An Intellectual Disability? Survey Finds That Just One in Three Disabled Adults Are Employed
According to DisabilityScoop.com, adults with intellectual disabilities are finding trouble entering the workforce, with about 66 percent being unemployed. The website reported that a Gallup survey indicated that of those workers who are intellectually disabled, “slightly more than half are employed in competitive environments alongside those without disabilities, while 38 percent work in sheltered workshops and 9 percent are self-employed.” The findings came from a national poll of more than 1,000 parents or guardians of adults with intellectual disabilities conducted by Gallup and the Center for Social Development and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. “A meaningful job is important to most of us, and people with intellectual disabilities are no different,” Gary Siperstein, director of the Center for Social Development and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the lead researcher of the study told DisabilityScoop.com. “Government has invested millions of dollars in better outcomes for adults…
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