Disability Justice

On this episode of National Disability Radio, we highlight a recent disability rights victory in Colorado, where advocates successfully worked to repeal a law that permitted the forced sterilization of people with disabilities.

Axios Boulder 'Colorado targets competency treatment delays August 2026

Michael Mott's life and death underscore Colorado's ongoing failure to provide treatment and supervision for mentally ill residents charged with crimes.

For more than a quarter century, the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. has stood for a fundamental civil rights principle. People with

A musical reimagining the events of a 1977 San Francisco sit-in that pressured federal officials to enforce the first major disability rights law is set for its world premiere.

A proposed class of children held in Colorado juvenile detention facilities urged a Colorado federal judge not to toss their lawsuit claiming the state delays releasing minors from the facilities, contending they plausibly alleged facts showing state offi

Thirty-six years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, guaranteeing civil rights for millions of Americans. But the movement that made that day possible began years earlier. One pivotal victory was won by a small, often-forgotten g

Some mornings, she didn't know how she got to where she was. A Colorado Springs woman who asked to remain anonymous - referred to here as CSW - had been an EMT for more than a decade, a career she began while volunteering with a fire department. She share

Boulder Reporting Lab and Bolts The jail that replaced Boulder County's mental health system (two-part series) June 2026

Less than a week after the federal government changed the guidance surrounding emotional support animals and housing for people with disabilities, those standards were enshrined in Colorado law.