Earlier this month, thousands of disabled persons, caregivers, artistes, government representatives, and allies gathered in Goa for Purple Fest 2025—a landmark celebration of inclusion, accessibility, ...

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month encourages people across the country to pause and acknowledge the leadership, ...

DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...

Black and underserved communities face disparities in health care access, employment, and insurance coverage. The new Norton West Louisville Hospital aims to bridge the health care accessibility gap ...

James LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent Living ...

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.” Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was ...

This sign shows numbers and groups of Americans benefiting from the federal Medicaid program, which is being threatened with deep cuts proposed in the “Big Beautiful Bill” being debated at the Capitol ...

Adapt is an national advocacy group that focuses on accessible transportation and integrated support services for Americans with disabilities. It is the theme of a rare photography exhibit that dates ...

This March 2024 photo provided by Sandy Ho shows Yomi Young, left, speaking with Alice Wong at Wong's 50th birthday party in San Francisco. (Sandy Ho via AP) (Sandy Ho) SAN FRANCISCO – Alice Wong, a ...

To the editor: The 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act did truly help those with disabilities (“The Americans With Disabilities Act changed my life. Now my generation needs to fight for it,” July 26) ...

Zona Roberts, recognized as the “grandmother of the disability rights movement” has died at the age of 104. Described as “the embodiment of fierce love” by Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, the executive ...

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities,... When Ari Ne'eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call ...