The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren’t required to provide services that help people ...

Today, more companies are seeing the enormous benefits of workers with disabilities who are fully engaged, talented and hard-working. As a result, organizations are taking measures to actively recruit ...

Laws being challenged and reinterpreted are the cornerstones of disability civil rights. These rights protect you, too.

America loves seeing disabled people. It doesn’t want to pay to keep us alive, writes Steve Way.

There is no single, unanimous “disabled people’s perspective” on whether or not we want to be cured of our disabling conditions, or on how highly we prioritize cure or medical improvement as a goal.

According to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), 22.7% of People with Disabilities (PWDs) are employed, compared to 65.6% of non-disabled people. As a result, PWDs are 2X more likely than non ...

There are over 70 million people in the United States with one or more disabilities. Many people with disabilities have greater expenses than people without disabilities, making it harder for ...

Coauthored by Gracie Herrick and Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D. Imagine you find yourself the host of a dinner party for 10 people. You are tasked with sending out the invitations, buying the ingredients, ...

As a toddler, Veronica Ayala loved Fridays. At 5 o’clock sharp, her mom whisked her away from the grim Moody State School for Cerebral Palsied Children for a 48-hour reprieve. Ayala’s house was mere ...

The level of inequity experienced by young people with disability has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 1924, 17-year-old Carrie Buck was institutionalized, having been deemed ...