More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

When I met Ruth Rathblott in person, I was enraptured. She’s sharp, witty, funny and unapologetic. Her book, Singlehandedly: Learning to Unhide and Embrace Connection has become an international ...

More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability as of 2026, according to the Centers for Disease ...

In the past four decades the prevailing wisdom about the cause of disability has undergone profound change. Previous models of absolute determinism that viewed pathology and disability interchangeably ...

A disability is defined as a physical, mental, or developmental condition that significantly limits one or more major life activities. Disabilities can be visible or invisible, and they can be ...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently approved a bill that would prohibit discrimination by ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Nathaniel De La Fuente, 62, is a Houston gay man whose life has been shaped by resilience, faith, and a determination to keep ...

The Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT) has been making its mark with youth with special needs, offering programming for those with developmental disabilities, those on the autism spectrum, the ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can make tasks like getting dressed, typing, or gripping certain objects hard to manage. When joint pain, stiffness, and swelling get in the way of your ability to do your ...

For Dr. Joshua Hanny, a consultant histopathologist at the Department of Pathology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, his life story is filled with paradoxes and ...