The bill is designed to improve the interactions between first responders and those with disabilities by informing the first responders of the individual's specific needs ahead of time.

Although cognitive impairment and disability likely influence one another, new research indicates that physical disability ...

California Sen. Adam Schiff is leading a bipartisan effort to improve emergency services for older adults and disabled people ...

PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, disabled activists helped shape new legal protections. Decades later, local self-advocates ...

In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on the Greek Island of Santorini. She didn't drink enough water and when she returned to her cruise ship, she felt dizzy and nauseated. She thought ...

Federally funded programs that investigate abuse, ensure voting access and provide education and job support for people with developmental disabilities in Ohio are the target of U.S. Department of ...

MY NAME IS ERIC WESTCOTT AND THE GRANTHAM. I’M PROUDLY 20 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE A HIGHLY FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC. I AM THE CREATOR OF ERIC’S ID LAW. I CREATED THE LOGOS BECAUSE MY MOTHER FELT IT SHALL ...

All through her 20s, Taylor Carty chased her dream of becoming a doctor. Carty, now 30, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was a baby, and was inspired by the many doctors and health care ...

Last time Jim Piet, who has cerebral palsy, needed to hire a new personal care assistant to help him complete daily tasks, it took four months. Amid New Hampshire’s tight labor market and low Medicaid ...