There is a saying that a person has two deaths: the first happens when they physically die, and the second takes place when ...

On July 5-6, 1978, on a busy downtown Denver street, 19 people in wheelchairs blocked public buses--which didn't have wheelchair lifts--to demand access to public transit.

A new bill would prohibit discrimination based on a parent's disabilities. Some disability rights advocates are uniting behind an anti-discrimination bill. Senate Bill 26 would preent disabled parents ...

Disability rights groups throughout the country have voiced their opposition to the lawsuit. The Arc of Texas, which ...

Last year, Republican attorneys general in 17 states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking courts to declare Section 504 unconstitutional. Section 504 is part of the ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s a story of resilience and advocacy: Amy Wert’s life changed in an instant ...

When Ari Ne'eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an "epidemic" that "destroys families," Ne'eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...

Structured, court-ordered treatment is the right course of action for some brain disorder patients. In such cases, ideology ...

Parents and disability rights advocates are backing a bill that would codify federal disability law into Colorado law.

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities,... When Ari Ne'eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call ...