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#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters

Hafsa Quraishi

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

3M Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs were issued to the military between 2003 and 2015.

San Antonio Veterans Sue 3M Company, Say Faulty Earplugs Caused Hearing Loss

Carson Frame

About twenty San Antonio veterans filed suit against 3M, maker of worker safety and healthcare products. The veterans said they suffered hearing damage...

In a memo to store managers, Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran said the company is looking for other roles for greeters with disabilities who are due to lose their jobs.

Walmart Chief Responds To Furor Over Treatment Of Greeters With Disabilities

Alina Selyukh

Store managers are told to make "every effort" to offer new job options as the greeter position goes away. Workers and their families tell NPR about chaos and anxiety of being in limbo.

Health & Wellness

Fighting For $15 An Hour: Why Disabled Texans Want Aides To Earn A Living Wage

Courtney Collins

Many of the people who care for disabled Texans don’t earn a living wage. Charlotte Stewart is executive director of REACH, a nonprofit that advocates for…

John Combs is a "people greeter" at a Walmart in Vancouver, Wash. But he has been told that come April 25, his job is going away. And he is not alone.

Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted

Alina Selyukh

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.