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The suit will return to a U.S. District judge in Oregon to determine whether a new state law on short school days is working ...
The advocacy group alleges wrongdoings by the Oregon State Hospital, Washington County district attorney and others in the case of Donn Thomas Spinosa.
Disability Rights Oregon on Tuesday asked a judge to find the state of Oregon in contempt of a court order, citing its failure to admit jailed criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital ...
The fight to save the life of one woman reveals a grim pattern: In Oregon, people with disabilities were denied health care during the pandemic, even without a shortage of ventilators or other care.
Disability Rights Oregon applauded the passages of Senate Bill 1508 and House Bill 4113, saying they are both long overdue fixes to problems that have been hurting people with disabilities and ...
A new report from the organization Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) claims that the state's Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to stop a preventable August 2024 suicide of a 17-year-old in ...
Advocates for people with disabilities in Oregon want Portland to strengthen its rules on e-scooters before the trial program returns this summer. Those advocates say they've gotten a lot of ...
After a decade, landmark disability rights case Lane v. Brown closes. The case closed sheltered workshops and ensured Oregonians with disabilities would work in integrated workspaces and be ...
High personnel costs and no revenue from major courtroom victories have left Disability Rights Oregon with a budget deficit, according to the organization’s most recent tax filing. For four ...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Disability Rights Oregon and four other groups filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the state of Oregon in U.S. District Court saying the state denies hundreds of ...
The Los Angeles-area wildfires bring a renewed focus on Oregonians with disabilities during major natural disasters. We speak with the advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon.