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 ...

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.” Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was ...

It’s a story of resilience and advocacy: Amy Wert’s life changed in an instant, but she turned tragedy into a mission. From a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.