Every July, during Disability Pride Month, disabled people and disability communities struggle with the same fundamental question. Are things really a lot better now for disabled people than they were ...

Explore the financial challenges families face when raising a child with a disability, from medical care to home needs, and ...

For half a century, the U.S. has been achieving one of the most important civil rights victories most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with ...

Last month, I spent days sobbing quietly in the bathroom. I was low on medical supplies for my daily catheterizations—and worse—low on income, desperate to figure out how I was going to swing it.

pt. I. Essays -- 1. Multilingual, multicultural, multitalented : the history of a diverse people / Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, Fred Palchik -- 2. Reaching across the divide : visual ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Winners of the 2024 Disability Matters North America Awards were announced throughout the conference on Thursday and Friday, April 4 & 5 in-person and via ...

October 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a reminder of the continued importance of including people with disabilities in America’s workforce.

DISABILITY RIGHTS AS MISS MISS WHEELCHAIR AMERICA. FOR 2024. IT IS MISS WHEELCHAIR MERRILL LYNN, SANDRA SMITH. EVERY GIRL DREAMS OF HER CROWNING MOMENT, BUT SANDRA SMITH KNOWS HER CROWN COMES WITH ...

As Americans prepare to celebrate the declaration of our nation’s independence, we should commemorate the disability benefits established in response. Although the Social Security Act of 1935 ...

HIGHLAND BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Winners of the 2023 Disability Matters North America Awards were announced throughout the conference on Wednesday & Thursday, April 26 & 27 th in-person and via ...