The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 addressed the rights of people with disabilities in their interactions with the federal ...

How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.

The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for Americans with disabilities. This of course assumes that ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled patients with their peers by providing community or home-based care.

Since the 1960s, legislation and court decisions have expanded supports and protections for people with disabilities to go to ...

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.

Participants in the Jubilee of People with Disabilities share testimonies and prayers in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 29, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Pablo Esparza As a disabled theologian, ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 1959, a teenage Kitty Cone was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. The ...

After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) designated disabled people ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

Disabled people have sex. They even enjoy it. I’ve interviewed disabled people about their intimate lives for over two decades. I’ve also spoken to countless parents, carers and professionals about ...