She also highlights the four stages of a disability journey from denial to acceptance to self-advocacy to public advocacy.

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 ...

Companies that recognize and value the importance of hiring and retaining employees with disabilities know what is needed to provide a culture and workplace that is accommodating and inclusive. Those ...

Tennessee currently supports around 1,000 children with disabilities with school vouchers through its Individualized ...

My daughter Katie was born with severe disabilities. She went on to develop profound autism, attention deficit disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The hardest part for her is knowing that she ...

About 650 million people in the world—or 10 per cent of the world’s population— live with disabilities, and frequently encounter a myriad of physical and social obstacles. They often lack the ...

Students with disabilities were more likely to see punitive discipline and less likely to access rigorous coursework during the height of the pandemic. This held true in both traditional public ...

What do we need to know? The designation of people with disabilities as a health disparity population is a landmark moment that follows years of advocacy. A population can receive this designation if ...

Every day, Americans with disabilities bring their skills and talents to our nation’s workplaces. They perform all types of jobs at all levels, in businesses of all sizes. They are entrepreneurs, ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Houston school administrators say the move would give children who need the support more focused attention. But the U.S.

Advocates for Nebraskans with disabilities said work requirements for Medicaid recipients implemented by the state on May 1 ...