Nearly 40 years ago, disability advocates struck a deal with Republican lawmakers, who agreed to give their votes in exchange for excluding trans people from landmark federal disability protections.

New national resource explains handicap placard laws, qualification rules, renewals, travel use, and application ...

The cornerstone of our American social insurance system is the Social Security Act, which provides for a myriad of benefits or entitlements, including the Social Security retirement benefit and Social ...

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 ...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Attorneys with disabilities are vastly underrepresented at U.S. law firms, but a new diversity push aims to change that. Just 1.4% of law firm lawyers identified as having a ...

Disability-rights advocates are challenging a new state law allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities, alleging the measure violates federal protections. The ...

At the intersection of Blackness and disability is a population of especially vulnerable people, as racism and ableism mutually reinforce each other. Disability is more prevalent among Black people ...