Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a new state law allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - National, state and local elections are just around the corner, but for individuals with disabilities, getting to the polls and casting a ballot could be more difficult than ever.

Pushing Limits continues its coverage of breaking developments in the disability community. This week, we look at the growing ...

Deportation practices in the USA continue to undermine the communication and disability rights of asylum seekers with disabilities, especially deaf individuals, causing serious health consequences and ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached an agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Human Services to enforce federal disability rights ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as a disability if it affects an individual’s ability to do essential daily activities, such as work. OCD is a ...