With a pair of new hires and recent comments, advocates say the Trump administration appears to be actively laying the ...

One of the nation's most well-known people with autism is being honored alongside notables like famed director Steven ...

For the first time ever, a wheelchair user traveled above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.

As federal officials begin to outline more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules, worries are running high about what the ...

When Stacey Plantt filed a federal complaint against her son's day care claiming he was unjustly expelled, she wanted not only compensation for her family but also significant change. Stores are ...

Access to special accounts that allow individuals with disabilities to save without losing out on government benefits will soon expand dramatically and people with the accounts will be able to save ...

After President Donald Trump used the word “retarded” recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. A new report finds that a ...

The U.S. Department of Education is bringing back hundreds of staffers to tackle a backlog of civil rights cases — including complaints of disability discrimination in schools — after keeping them on ...

One of the most prestigious contemporary art awards in the world is for the first time going to an artist with a developmental disability. Nnena Kalu, 59, was named the winner of the Turner Prize this ...

The Trump administration is pushing back on a lawsuit seeking to ensure that sign language interpreters are included at White House events by suggesting that the accommodation is incompatible with the ...

People with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income and other Social Security benefits are about to get a raise. Benefits will increase starting later this month due to an annual ...