The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for Americans with disabilities. This of course assumes that ...

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month encourages people across the country to pause and acknowledge the leadership, contributions, and lived experiences of people with disabilities.

In a world increasingly focused on diversity and inclusion, people with disabilities continue to be sorely underrepresented. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.3 billion people ...

Of the 600,000 severely disabled and elderly in Israel, about 40% — roughly 240,000 — cannot make it to safety as missiles fall from Iran and Lebanon, says Access Israel chairman The post ‘We’re ...

The Census 2027, the first after the enactment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, is a historic national opportunity to recognise all 21 categories of disabilities through ...

This project was funded by the Endeavour Foundation Disability Research Grant. Leaving school and figuring out what’s next is challenging for young people. For those with disability, it is even harder ...

In much of the discussion around diversity and inclusion in the workplace, there is one group that is often left out of the conversation: people with disabilities. The Fast Company Executive Board is ...

They were helpful, to a point, but Lomerson, a researcher at the National Center for Disability and Pregnancy Research at Brandeis, said that as a pregnant woman with a disability, she had unique ...

Six disabled people of color on a rooftop deck. Source: Disabled and Here / Creative Commons License Co-authored by Kathleen R. Bogart, Ph.D. and Sydney Robertson Imagine that you are interviewing for ...

When implementing disability-inclusive practices, governments should consider several key factors, as illustrated through a federal request for information (RFI), and in a new local data standard. The ...

Many people are reluctant to reveal hidden physical or mental challenges. Revealing invisible challenges within a relationship of trust can equip and empower people. Accommodating invisible ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...