A new hotel that's designed to provide disability accommodations far beyond what's required by the Americans with ...

Just weeks after the U.S. House approved billions in cuts to Medicaid, the Senate is considering chopping the program even ...

There are an estimated 53 million to 105.6 million adults and 5.4 million children or adolescents in the U.S. providing unpaid care to a friend or loved one who is ill, aging or has a disability. In ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider a case that may have major implications for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The high court will hear arguments ...

President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday requiring the federal government to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in many areas of government. The measure ...

New research dives into the heated debate surrounding the language of autism and finds that preferences about how to describe those on the spectrum vary substantially depending on who you ask. In a ...

After months of delays, lawmakers recently approved a federal funding bill narrowly averting a government shutdown, but advocates say it may bring more questions than answers for disability programs.

A major home furnishings retailer is introducing a new line of products designed to make life easier for people with disabilities. Ikea said this month that it is rolling out a collection of ...