Anastasia Hronis has received funding from the James N Kirby Foundation for research into adapting therapy for children with intellectual disabilities. It’s no secret COVID is having a drastic impact ...

About 26% of Americans live with a disability, whether it's physical or mental, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Advocates say there’s a lot of misunderstanding about a person who has a ...

From Doe v. N.Y. City Dep't of Ed., decided today by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.): This is an employment discrimination case. Plaintiff has worked for the DOE since 2012. Plaintiff alleges that ...

FARGO — Following several recent high-profile crimes in Fargo, questions sprang up about the mental state of the person alleged to be responsible and whether they were legally allowed to have firearms ...

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Veterans Affairs will change its disability ratings criteria for mental health conditions, sleep apnea and ...

People don't get to choose the illnesses that render them too disabled to work, but insurance companies have the power to approve or deny claims based on where in the body their condition exists. It's ...

My intention in writing these posts is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent ...

A bill presented in the House Judiciary Monday aims to add persons with a mental disability to the list of protected classes ...

Three state prisoners are claiming in a state lawsuit that the Massachusetts Parole Board has discriminated against them because of their mental health disabilities, and that the board's actions have ...