According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 22.5 percent(3) of working-age people with disabilities were employed in 2023, compared to 65.8 percent(4) of the non-disabled population. The CRPD ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of China. This ...

Uzbekistan ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2021. The World Bank has helped the support the country's efforts to advance on disability rights by ensuring ...

This year, the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP16) brought critical discussions, ...

“The Department of Energy’s decision to pursue a direct final rule to implement radical changes that affect people with disabilities defies logic, federal disability protections, and every standard ...