The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for ...

In March 1990, several demonstrations led by the disability rights group ADAPT served as an impetus to passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the ...

Zary Amirhosseini came to the U.S. in 1979 when she was a child. Born in Iran with severe scoliosis, her family couldn’t find a specialist to perform the surgery she needed. “A lot of people with ...

A House bill would bar municipalities from using zoning laws to block community integrated living arrangements and require ...

It’s been 35 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became a law in the United States. Decades later there are still limitations, places that are not accessible for people with ...

Black history and disabled history are more aligned than people realize, with many Black icons experiencing some form of disability. Abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth had a ...

Bob Kafka, an Austin-based activist who pushed for accessibility at the local, state and federal level for more than 40 years, died at his home in Austin on Friday at the age of 79. For years, the two ...

When Ari Ne’eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an “epidemic” that “destroys families,” Ne’eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...

To help, Forbes Human Resources Council members offer their tried and true best practices to evaluate whether employees with ...

Wisconsin disability rights groups are concerned about potential funding cuts in the 2026 federal budget. Disability Rights Wisconsin may lose funding for programs related to voting rights, employment ...