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.

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

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of ...

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — ...

The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for ...

As former state legislator Dick Batchelor writes, we cannot go back to those days when people with unique abilities were ...

Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. In the run-up to President ...

A feature film about an activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement” is set to debut. “Being Heumann” ...

It’s unclear what the memo could mean for the state in terms of future spending decisions from the federal government.

The advocates urged Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to withdraw from a lawsuit they say threatens their protections.

New Mexico has done a lot to support the disability community, but further legislation is needed, especially with a federal administration that has shown interest in rolling back some landmark ...