Disability-Chuck Mackey: Sept. 11, 2014 GADSDEN, Alabama -- Chuck Mackey of Southside talks about his experiences after retiring on disability Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (William Thornton / ...

BEAVERTON, Alabama -- The lobby at the pain-management clinic had become crowded with patients, so relatives had gone outside to their trucks to wait, and here, too, sat Desmond Spencer, smoking a 9 a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Parents of special needs children in Alabama are pleased to see the state back off recommendations that would have denied ventilator treatments to some disabled patients if ...

Deputies in Alabama pitched in last week to help a veteran with a disability get to an appointment with a doctor who was nearly 100 miles away, officials said. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office ...

The prefiled bill would allow drivers to choose whether or not to add a symbol to their license showing they have a medical ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling to restrict access to voting last week is a reminder of the importance of disability rights laws for protecting the civil rights of all Americans. By Ari Ne’eman Mr. Ne’eman ...

HB 45, sponsored by Rep. Adline Clarke, D-Mobile, would require the Secretary of State to change the absentee ballot ...

An appeals court has ruled the state of Alabama cannot execute man with an intellectual disability who was sentenced to death for murdering a man in 1997, upholding a lower court’s decision. The US ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATMORE, Ala (WIAT) – The State of Alabama ...

ATMORE, Ala (WIAT) – The State of Alabama has executed Matthew Reeves, an intellectually disabled Black man, for the 1996 murder of Willie Johnson in Dallas County. He was pronounced dead at 9:24 p.m.