Chioma Oruh, Author at The Hechinger Report

The United States Capitol. A House bill to revamp the Higher Education Act has moved out of committee for debate, while the Senate is still discussing reform ideas in committee.

OPINION: 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, Black, single parents whose kids the ADA should help still face a long road

by Chioma Oruh July 28, 2020July 27, 2020

As a Black mother of children with autism, I cannot separate my passage into a disability-centered way of navigating systems of care from my blackness or other critical identities, such as being a single mother and a first-generation Nigerian American. This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans with […]