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

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

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 ...

With no time to spare, federal lawmakers approved a renewal of the nation’s primary autism law, paving with the way for over $1.95 billion in spending to address the developmental disability in the ...

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 ...

Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation’s key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain. A lawsuit brought by Texas and 16 other states garnered ...

Netflix is pledging to do more after a report finds that representation of people with disabilities and other groups is lacking in its original films and television shows. The report released late ...

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 ...