Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over ...

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 ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees equal protection for people with a wide range of disabilities. But advocates ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, disabled activists helped shape new legal protections. Decades later, local self-advocates say the fight for equal rights and treatment is far from over.

For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide income and health care. The policy, known as the marriage penalty, affects ...

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 ...

Hochul has previously defended the transition, calling it a much-needed reform. A spokesperson for the governor said this ...

When Ari Ne’eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an “epidemic” that “destroys families,” Ne’eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...

Bob Kafka, a renowned disability rights advocate, died at his Austin, Texas, home on Friday. He was 79 years old. Kafka was an organizer with ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today), a ...