‘Historically, the way a government treats disabled people can be an early indicator of its broader social policy intentions.’Composite: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design To those with less knowledge of ...

Life expectancy "was significantly shorter", particularly among those with severe learning disability or Down's syndrome, and most died within four years of diagnosis, compared with nine years in the ...

John Scott was rarely spoken of in his family after he was placed in an institution. After a half-century, his youngest ...

Over the past week and a half rogue corrections officer walkouts have put prisons across the state into a panic. The officers say they want the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement ...

June Isaacson Kailes lives 8 or 9 miles away from the evacuation zone for the Los Angeles wildfires. But even before the fires started, she had plans for how she’d escape in the event of a disaster.

When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. Because I am blind, he told my parents that wouldn’t be possible: “Physicists,” he informed us, “have to be ...

One-in-five people with disabilities are victims of violence. The number is even higher for those living in institutions, ...

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 ...

Our AI glasses are helping people with disabilities navigate their daily lives by enabling hands-free calling and texting, ...

The Center for American Progress recently hosted a summit with more than 50 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights communities to identify the most pressing policy priorities they face.

New DWP figures show 420,000 disabled people moved into work in 2024 while 420,000 disabled workers moved out of work ...

California has known for years that it must pay extra attention to people with disabilities and limited mobility during natural disasters. Will it put the lessons of the L.A. fires to use for the next ...