A former Frostburg State University student who claims he cannot receive the measles vaccine because he is immunocompromised has sued the school, and the state of Maryland, for blocking him from registering for classes after his first year, which he said ...

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A Baltimore jury has awarded more than $113,000 to a Hampstead woman who was fired weeks after informing her employer she had breast cancer. Kelly Rankin was awarded $37,800 each for economic damages, emotional distress damages and punitive damages on ...

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Chimes International Ltd., a Baltimore-based nonprofit that supports and provides training to thousands of people with disabilities, is getting a new CEO. Terence Blackwell, who formerly worked with Services for the Underserved in New York, will be taking over the position ...

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My story in Thursday’s paper looks at police officers and lawyers who say injuries officers suffered during the April riots could have avoided had they been better equipped and allowed to engage protestors. One thing I couldn’t fit into my ...

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Did the circuit court err when it found that an individual was unable to manage her affairs effectively because of physical and mental disabilities, and that no less restrictive form of intervention is available that is consistent with her welfare and safety?

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More than 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities would receive a total of $6.6 million under an agreement a federal administrative law judge has preliminarily approved in Baltimore.

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Former World Cup goalkeeper Briana Scurry has agreed to settle her disability claim stemming from the 2010 head injury that ended her career.

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WASHINGTON — Social Security is approving disability benefits at strikingly high rates for people whose claims were rejected by field offices or state agencies, according to House investigators. Compounding the situation, the agency often fails to do required follow-up reviews ...

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Ben Shifrin, head of Jemicy School in Owings Mills and a nationally recognized expert on dyslexia, has recently been selected to serve on the Advisory Committee on Exceptional Children.

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FREDERICK — A Justice Department official says the agency is looking into the death of man with Down syndrome after he was removed from a theater by sheriff’s deputies. Down syndrome advocates met Tuesday with officials from the Justice Department’s ...

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