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‘We’re in a crisis’: PCA shortage is a matter of life and death for people with disabilities
The MassHealth personal care attendant program is facing a worker shortage. Advocates say raising pay would help. -
Rick Hoyt, a Boston Marathon fixture, has died at 61
With his father Dick Hoyt pushing his wheelchair, the two completed the course 32 times. -
Immunocompromised patients feel unsafe as Boston hospitals drop universal masking
At Mass General Brigham, patients can ask doctors to mask up, but compliance is not guaranteed. -
Thousands of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have lost access to day programs in Mass.
Low wages have led to a staffing shortage for crucial programs. -
‘You literally stole my independence’: What happens when an airline breaks a wheelchair
Colleen Flanagan's power wheelchair was badly damaged on a flight from Boston to Washington, D.C. this week. -
Unpaid caregivers urge Healey to get more support to families
As part of our series Have Your Say, we report on some of the statewide issues you contacted us about. -
Disability advocates and physicians call for required masking in hospitals, health facilities
The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity is calling for the Department of Public Health to reinstate mask requirements in all healthcare settings. -
Mass. Commission for the Blind leader resigns after reports of abuse and mismanagement
Advocates say D’Arcangelo's leadership plunged the agency into a state of "distress." -
A year after ‘CODA’ made Oscars history, Deaf people are waiting for more inclusive stories
Industry professionals say the “gatekeepers” in Hollywood are major barriers. -
Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it means to be disabled
Heumann was a major American civil rights hero who remained little known until a flurry of attention in the last three years of her life.
