People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face difficulty accessing needed organ transplants, but now a bill is moving through Congress that aims to address that disparity. The U.S ...

A new rule prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability has been finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office of Civil Rights, and seeks to advance equity and ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights advocates breathed a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court has made it easier for students with disabilities to sue schools for damages. Not only did all the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Minnesota family that has been battling their local school district over the education of their daughter in a decision that could make it easier ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that private citizens have no ...

Last month, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that students with disabilities will no longer face a higher legal standard when seeking justice for discrimination in schools—one ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Minnesota teenager Ava T. lives with seizures that predominate in the morning, ...

WASHINGTON − For years, Gina and Aaron Tharpe argued that a local school district hadn't done enough to accommodate their daughter, who has a rare form of epilepsy and severe cognitive impairment. An ...

Tarrant County commissioners approved a $225,000 settlement for a disability discrimination lawsuit, closing out a court case that began in 2021. The commissioners, at their regular Tuesday meeting, ...