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Ms. Jane had lived in the same Texas community her whole life. As an older woman managing serious, disabling health conditions on a fixed income, she had weathered a great deal. What she didn’t expect so late in life was to live in fear for her safety inside her own home. Her marriage lasted little more than a year. Over […]
When Janet’s younger brother needed an immediate life-flight to a hospital from the facility where he lived, Janet realized something was wrong. Tommy is in his late 40s, just a few years younger than Janet. He is severely autistic. He’s non-verbal, but he can understand what people say. After his group home changed ownership, his behavior shifted. He began harming […]
Michael Manuel is a hardworking Texan living with a vision impairment who was hired at Amazon in September 2023 through Social Security’s Ticket to Work program. He asked for reasonable accommodations so he could do his job safely; instead, the employer failed to provide them and later terminated him for “absenteeism”—a charge Michael believed was retaliation for requesting accommodations. With […]