/tags/disability-rights Disability Rights en-US Copyright Tue, 07 May 2024 23:54:23 GMT /local-news/2024-05-07/albuquerque-expands-definition-of-discrimination-to-include-more-protected-groups Albuquerque’s City Council voted to expand the city’s definition of discrimination Monday to address pregnancy, disabilities and gender and sexuality.The changes are meant to put the city in line with state guidelines. Tue, 07 May 2024 23:54:23 GMT /local-news/2024-05-07/albuquerque-expands-definition-of-discrimination-to-include-more-protected-groups Megan Myscofski /local-news/2022-08-15/expert-says-long-covid-is-a-mass-disabling During our most recent Let’s Talk New Mexico show, advocates, long COVID survivors, and health care professionals expressed concern that more people than ever will develop severe and debilitating disabilities. Reporter Taylor Velazquez continued the conversation with Mia Ives-Rublee, director for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress, about the future of our already broken health care system. Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:33:17 GMT /local-news/2022-08-15/expert-says-long-covid-is-a-mass-disabling Taylor Velazquez /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-06-07/lets-talk-long-covid-19 This week on Let’s Talk New Mexico we’re talking Long COVID with several people who are survivors, as well as health care officials about what kinds of treatments are available and how doctors can learn to spot the symptoms in their patients. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 03:31:40 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-06-07/lets-talk-long-covid-19 Megan Kamerick /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-29/read-aps-school-board-candidates-views-on-racial-inequities The Albuquerque Public School board members control a massive budget and policies affecting more than 80,000 students. Three seats are up for election… Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:31:24 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-29/read-aps-school-board-candidates-views-on-racial-inequities Hannah Colton /local-news/2019-02-06/bill-expands-access-to-lottery-scholarships Students with disabilities who had to leave the state in order to attend high schools that met their needs are now eligible for the New Mexico Lottery… Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:26:40 GMT /local-news/2019-02-06/bill-expands-access-to-lottery-scholarships /public-health-new-mexico/2018-06-28/nm-nonprofit-pilots-sexual-assault-services-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilities People with intellectual disabilities experience sexual assault and abuse at an alarmingly high rate. Lawmakers in a handful of states across the U.S.… Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:55:15 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-06-28/nm-nonprofit-pilots-sexual-assault-services-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilities Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-28/voices-behind-the-vote-disability-rights-the-focus-for-mother-daughter Rosemarie Sanchez and her 39-year-old daughter Nannie are disability rights advocates and hard-line Democrats. Rosemarie adopted Nannie, a child born with… Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:19:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-28/voices-behind-the-vote-disability-rights-the-focus-for-mother-daughter Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2014-02-18/disability-rights-in-the-roundhouse UPDATE Feb. 19, 2014, 10:17 a.m.: SB 55 is awaiting a vote by the Senate.Today was Disability Rights Awareness Day at the Roundhouse, and a bill calling… Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:55:13 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-02-18/disability-rights-in-the-roundhouse Marisa Demarco