People with disabilities are poised to be a powerful voting bloc in the upcoming election, but issues important to this population are getting little attention, advocates say. A report out this week ...

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

Some of the most prominent voices in Congress for home and community-based services, Supplemental Security Income reform, competitive integrated employment and other disability issues are heading for ...

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 ...

I have often thought that the words we choose when marketing our ideas reveal much about our underlying values. Over the last two decades, Hoosier policymakers have certainly gone heavy touting the ...

Sarah Massengale, a 36-year old undecided voter in rural South Carolina, felt empowered when she first reached out to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to tell her story. “Their website was ...

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 ...

Catherine Johnson and Piper Haugan of Disability Rights Iowa are coordinating candidate forums across the state focused on issues faced by Iowans with disabilities. Two disability rights groups are ...

On election night this year, Deputy Supervisor Shawn Lavin defeated local businessman Dan Gagliardo in the race for Amherst Town Supervisor. Typically, during the election cycle, candidates have a ...

Disabled workers are getting louder and more effective as they push their unions to be more accessible and inclusive. All workers are benefiting. Members of Performers with Disabilities and Seniors ...

Paul Aronsohn's ombudsman office became a national model and exposed problems with group homes, insurers and state agencies. The stakes were personal.

Temporary disability is an important workers’ compensation benefit with some complex nuances. The purpose of temporary disability is to financially compensate an injured worker for lost wages due to ...