Abe Shapiro

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Tonight on Disabulletin, On Guard: An interview with Michael Lincoln-Mccreight concerning the challenges of guardianship and the right of self-determination for individuals with disabilities.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — This week we take you to Monroe County, Indiana to continue our discussion of park accessibility, but this time from the perspective of traditional parks, and their amusement structures known as playgrounds.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — With summer beckoning, amusement park attendance is sure to rise, with the latest data collected from the Global Attractions Attendance Report finding a total of 140.5 Million visitors to North American Theme Parks in 2022. One of the primary concerns that has impacted and continues to impact the disability community regarding theme park access is a lack of access, even with legislation to correct this such as the Americans With Disabilities Act. Under Title III of the Act, businesses be they operated privately or publicly that are designed to serve the general population such as hotels, restaurants, and schools, are known as public accomodations.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Revolutionary devices help persons who are blind eclipse non-accessibility and an examination of Bloomington’s first choir for individuals disabled and non-disabled.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Bloomington’s Disability community introduces itself to the new city council, a new rule is proposed by the Department of Transportation for passengers with disabilities who travel via airline, The Food and Drug Administration renews a campaign to ban a device long used in a Massachusetts institution, and we talk with Bloomington Human Rights Director Michael Shermis on the latest developments in city Disability policy.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Disability advocates call for action in the Department of Education, a ray of sunshine in the fight for personal independence for Floridians with disabilities, Enforcement of Jamaica’s disability discrimination act reaches a crossroads, and we continue our conversation with Disability Law expert William Goren regarding future Disability cases.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Census bureau drops renovation of disability questions, an Oregon County’s Law enforcement approach to mental health has led to litigation being filed, new progress has been made in Kansas regarding subminimum wage for people with disabilities, and we’ll talk with one of our nation’s most renowned disability law experts, on the latest Supreme Court Case concerning Disability.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — This week, we continue our discussion of the Supreme Court case heard last Wednesday, Perez V Sturgis school district. The case concerns two laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, which requires children with disabilities be provided a “free appropriate public education” or (FAPE) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in general.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Good evening, i’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. We’re back after a lengthy research sabbatical to bring you the latest in disability news.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — ***WINNER OF THE 2024 INDIANA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AWARD FOR BEST RADIO PROGRAM IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS-1ST PLACE*** Over the last five years on the banks of West Plains, New York, the transportation company Lyft has been embroiled in a lawsuit with Westchester Disabled On The Move, or WDOMI, a disability rights organization headquartered in Westchester County, New York. In the lawsuit, WDOMI argues that Lyft is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA by not providing wheelchair-accessible vehicles or WAVs, for non-foldable wheelchairs.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — With the Supreme Court’s docket empty until the first Monday of October, we review two significant Cases. In these cases, the Disability community asked the court critical questions regarding nursing home civil rights and Special Education rights respectively:

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Tonight's episode: The Rise and Temporary Fall of Special Education in Washington State.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Part IV of Disabulletin’s docuseries Lawyers Schools And Access: The History of Special Education in the United States. Tonight’s installment covers the first parent groups of the United States, who mobilized on behalf of their children in Ohio and Washington respectively.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — As part of our continuing exploration regarding the history of special education, we have covered the critical special education court cases that preceded last January’s supreme court case regarding special education Perez V Sturgis. Our journey so far has taken to the earliest case 1893’s Watson V Cambridge to 1919’s Beattie V Antigo Board of Education before reaching last week’s summary of Goldman V Ohio, one of the first notable victories for a special education student. However, before we move into the mobilization of parents in the 1950s and the tide beginning to turn in favor of students with disabilities, it is critical that we return to the Beattie case of 1919.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — This weekend, the disability community lost one of its pioneers and heroes, Judy Heumann. This week, we pause our regularly scheduled docuseries Lawyers Schools And Access and remember the woman who contributed to the signing of Section 504 and inspired a nation!

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is a special edition of Disabulletin. Tonight, we continue our report: Lawyers, Schools, and Access: A History of Special Education in the United States as part of our coverage of the recent Supreme Court Special Education Case Perez V Sturgis School District, which will be decided by the end of the court’s term in June. Our topics tonight include:What happened to Merritt Beattie after the 1919 Wisconsin Supreme Court Case excluding him from the public school system? When we last left off, we were in 1919 Antigo Wisconsin, where the state supreme court had upheld the Antigo School District’s decision to remove 13-year-old Merritt Beattie from the public education system due to his disability. Upon further research courtesy of the Antigo Supreme Court Law Library, we have discovered the story inside the final years of Merritt Beattie’s life.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Tonight, we begin the first leg of an adventure covering the history of Special Education Law in the United States. This is the next chapter in Disabulletin’s continuing coverage of the recent Supreme Court case Perez V Sturgis. Tonight, we take you back to the year 1893.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — The Supreme Court met today to hear a case regarding a deaf student Miguel Luna Perez of Sturgis Michigan, who was denied access to a professional sign language interpreter and whose parents were falsely told over the course of 12 years that their son was on his way to graduation, only to receive a certificate of completion instead of a diploma.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Today on Disabulletin, we begin our pre-game coverage of tomorrow’s Supreme Court argument Perez V Sturgis Public School District. Specifically, the justices will consider whether families can pursue claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act if they have already settled Individuals with Disabilities Act or IDEA claims without fully exhausting all administrative proceedings under IDEA first. Arguments are slated to be held in front of the court tomorrow at high noon!

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Tonight on Disabulletin, we cover the latest news impacting individuals with Disabilties across the country and around the world. Tonight’s news items include: -Controversy over New Jersey School District’s strategies when addressing the removal of students with Disabilities from classrooms -Reporters from a French Autistic Newspaper interviewed French President Emmanuel Macron -A preview of Perez V Sturgis School District, a critical US Supreme court case concerning the right of Special Education students to sue for monetary damages when their right to a Free and Appropriate Public Education is infringed

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion HHC, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we continue to review the final oral arguments put forth by Marion County’s Health and Human Services attorney Lawrence Robbins during his turn in front of the justices before reviewing the rebuttal from the Talevski Family lawyer Andrew Tutt.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — Deke Hager filled in for WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro who reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we look at the oral arguments put forth by Marion County’s Health and Human Services attorney Lawrence Robbins during his turn in front of the justices.

WFHB-FM (Bloomington, IN) — WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro presents the Disability activist perspective of the upcoming Supreme Court case Talevski v. Marion interviews Kim Dodson, Director of the Indiana Branch of the National Disability organization, the ARC.