Disability

Every five years Albuquerque has to report to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, on how the city is promoting fair housing for protected classes of people – based on things like race, religion, sex, or disability. The draft report assessing the city’s fair housing was published this week and it highlights Albuquerque’s housing inequities.

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.

At-risk musician and advocate discuss COVID-19 risk policy

The Albuquerque Public School board members control a massive budget and policies affecting more than 80,000 students. Three seats are up for election…

Some folks who receive Social Security disability benefits qualify for a free federal work program that can help them find a job.Few eligible New Mexicans…

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…

New Mexico’s next governor will inherit the task of turning around a struggling public education system. This year a judge ruled the state has violated…

New Mexico’s Public Education Department is planning to appeal a court ruling last month that found the state violated the rights of at-risk students by…

The state of New Mexico has violated students’ constitutional rights by failing to provide an adequate public education, according to a landmark decision…

A state court ruled Friday that New Mexico’s education system fails to provide an adequate education to at-risk students, as required by the state’s…