A bus passenger uses a handicap ramp in Miami Beach, Florida. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) July is Disability Pride Month in the United States, […]
7 things people with disabilities have to think about every day
Plan to avoid failures Getty Being disabled is exhausting. It requires daily planning that other people don’t have to do. And yet most of the “disability awareness” content […]
UAB launches new undergraduate program in disability studies and rehabilitation sciences
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Health Professions recently launched a new undergraduate program in Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Sciences, and the new program is already […]
Key Facts about Students with Disabilities in the U.S. During Disability Pride Month
Approximately 7.3 million students with disabilities are educated in U.S. public K-12 schools, a number that has been growing over the past few decades. Students with disabilities, ages […]
Pennsylvania disability service providers struggle to stay open, as advocacy groups say system in crisis
HARRISBURG — The signs were bright and bold. “The system is broken,” one sign read. “Just like I-95.” Service providers, caregivers and family members of people with intellectual […]
Cleveland Disability Pride event will be held at Wade Oval on Wednesday – The Land
The Disability Pride flag, created by Ann McGill, has five stripes: red for physical disability, gold for neurodiversity, white for invisible and undiagnosed disabilities, blue for mental and […]
House overwhelmingly passes bill to improve air travel
The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years, making several changes that affect passengers […]
Tax savings for parents with disabled children
Raising a child with a disability can be expensive. For example, the lifetime cost of raising a person with autism can be as much as $2.4 million, according […]
Advancing disability inclusion through support, accessibility and appreciation | Johns Hopkins
People with disabilities are the largest minority in the United States and worldwide, with an estimated 27% of American adults living with some type of disability. In fact, […]
Florida kept disabled kids in institutions. A judge is sending them home.
Cayden Armour has lived most of his life in a Florida nursing home, where his father said the disabled 9-year-old was often left alone in his room, sitting […]