‘Baseball got it’: Disability rights advocates hail MLB’s decision to shelve the ‘disabled list’
Originally published February 8, 2019 by Washington Post
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. ((Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press))
Major League Baseball, spurred by disability advocacy groups such as the Ruderman Family Foundation, has changed the name of its “disabled list” to “injured list.” This is to combat the misconception that disabilities necessarily prevent individuals from playing sports. There is no change to the rules governing the MLB injured list, which allows teams to temporarily remove injured players from the active roster.
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