Disability
2 Investigators: Disabled Man’s Wife Wrongly Ticketed For Using Handicap Placard
A woman who drives her husband to dialysis treatments received a ticket when she walked back to her car alone. But she did nothing wrong, advocates for the disabled say. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.
Someone You Should Know: New Lenox Wood Works
Benches and birdhouses are some of the products they make at the New Lenox Wood Works, but what’s most important is the joy the place brings to the people who work there.
Report: Chicago Ridge Officials Question Ex-Police Chief’s Disability Pay
Officials in Chicago Ridge want to revisit a deal they made with their former police chief over his disability pay.
Boy, 11, Killed In Little Village Fire
Chicago firefighters made several rescues last night, but were not able to save an 11-year old boy from a fire in the Little Village neighborhood.
Report: Firefighters, Paramedics Have Collected Over $27M In Tax-Free Disability
Abuse of disability benefits by Chicago Police officers hit the headlines over the weekend, and now, a published report says the firefighters have run up a big tab for the city too.
Emanuel: Reforms Are Needed To Police Disability Rules
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is demanding reforms in the city’s police disability rules, after some apparently major abuses have been uncovered.
South Suburban Students Learn What It’s Like To Be In Wheelchairs
Students in the Matteson School District are learning what it’s like to be in a wheelchair.
2 Investigators: Disabled Teen’s Vehicle Towed From Handicapped Parking Spot
Able-bodied drivers are parking illegally in handicapped spaces at one Chicago retail site. Yet a family with a disabled daughter had their car towed, even though the vehicle had a legitimate placard in the windshield.
Disabled Student Files Suit Over Dog-Walking Dilemma
A disabled Northwestern University medical student has filed a federal lawsuit against the condo board of her Streeterville building – accusing the board of violating her rights under the Fair Housing Act.
Man Raped In Military Says VA Denying Him Benefits
Thousands of soldiers are sexually assaulted every year by fellow soldiers. Now one of them is speaking out about how the Veterans Administration failed him. CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports.
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