Iowa patient advocates say that in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, the state is quietly reducing in-home services that help people avoid being institutionalized. National groups are bracing for ...

Rosie Jones tells Yahoo UK about being accused of faking cerebral palsy, online hate, and why she refuses to apologise for being herself.

Words matter, especially when words are used as labels. Such is the case with the so-called “r-word” (retarded) to describe people with disabilities. For far too long, derogatory terms like the r-word ...

Reid’s path to figure skating is unique. An amputee athlete who won three Paralympic medals in track and field, she was a ...

Laura Sniff has been working for over two decades to eliminate the stigma surrounding disabilities, and has created two ...

Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.

Their children suffered brain injuries as young adults. California's network of regional centers, which serve people with developmental disabilities, wouldn't help them.

Youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or cerebral palsy experience higher mortality than the general population; causes of death vary widely.

Co-authored by Asia Eaton, Ph.D. and Kate L. Long, ABD, OTR/L “We don’t have any people like that in the United States, do we?” This comment from someone I (Kate) truly respected really stunned me. As ...

An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual disabilities in capital cases, while a Senate proposal allowing firing squad ...

A bill authored by Rep. Garrett Bascom, R-Lawrenceburg, (second from right) would establish new procedures to ensure defendants with intellectual disabilities are not sentenced to death. (Photo by ...