Emily Gaines Buechler / Released on July 25, 2023 More than 61 million people with disabilities live in the United States, yet inequities persist. On July 20, in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Inclusion of People with Disabilities as a Foundation for Health Equity | Special Feature on Health Equity
A blind man walks through a park using a white cane. A disability can be defined as a physical or mental impairment that significantly limits one or more […]
Seeing disability differently | Pen Today
“Today, I’m not in pain,” says Sarah Purinton, a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences who suffers from chronic pain […]
The National Academy of Sciences’ Conversation series will explore the underrepresentation of people with disabilities in STEM fields.
Hubstaff Report / Released on June 26, 2023 Earlier this month, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a five-part conversation series to explore how bias […]
Demanding Marriage Equality for People with Disabilities
Lori Long and Mark Contreras met on Match.com in November 2015. For Long, their first date a few weeks later at Tarpy’s Roadhouse restaurant in Monterey, California, was […]
Disability affects us all infographic
download: Disability affects us all [PDF – 1 MB] explanation Title: Disability affects us all Community Health Access One in four adults (27%) in the United States has […]
New Analysis: More Americans identify as disabled, but ethnic and socioeconomic disparities remain
— More than 67 million American adults reported having a disability in 2019, a 1% increase from 2016. — Disparities still exist between people from different socioeconomic and […]