The disability community is a growing political constituency, and the debates have yet to really address policy priorities affecting the 57 million people in this community. A man pushes a woman in a ...

Preparing for employees to take a disability leave for an illness or injury can be a stressful experience for benefit and HR managers. With a full plate of work on top of arranging for reasonable ...

Society’s challenge isn't just accommodating disability, but fully accepting, integrating it into everyday life ...

The Advocator Group announced that its free mobile app, Disability Answers, has reached its first milestone, with over 1,000 downloads to date. In a release, the group said that the new app helps ...

Just as paramedics respond to physical health emergencies, the U.S. Department of Justice says that behavioral health professionals — not police — should respond to mental health crises to avoid ...

There is still time for disabled voters to ask candidates about their most pressing disability concerns. But time is running out, and it can be hard to know just what to ask. It’s getting closer to ...

Age and chronic illness can take a toll. A June 2017 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that the costliest health conditions in the U.S. include: heart disease, cancer, ...

I was in high school when I first learned which of my extended family members had encouraged my mom to abort my very-much-alive disabled brother. At the time, I had just begun attending youth group, ...

Eileen Gabaldon read about John Tovar’s struggles to get an answer on his Social Security disability claim, and her heart ached. He is still waiting, but at least, she thought, he is still alive. Her ...