On July 5-6, 1978, on a busy downtown Denver street, 19 people in wheelchairs blocked public buses--which didn't have wheelchair lifts--to demand access to public transit.

There is a saying that a person has two deaths: the first happens when they physically die, and the second takes place when they are no longer remembered. For those close to the late disability rights ...

Disability rights groups throughout the country have voiced their opposition to the lawsuit. The Arc of Texas, which ...

A new bill would prohibit discrimination based on a parent's disabilities. Some disability rights advocates are uniting behind an anti-discrimination bill. Senate Bill 26 would preent disabled parents ...

Last year, Republican attorneys general in 17 states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking courts to declare Section 504 unconstitutional. Section 504 is part of the ...

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 ...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s a story of resilience and advocacy: Amy Wert’s life changed in an instant, but she turned tragedy into a mission. From a promising law career to ...

Structured, court-ordered treatment is the right course of action for some brain disorder patients. In such cases, ideology ...

When Ari Ne'eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an "epidemic" that "destroys families," Ne'eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...

Parents and disability rights advocates are backing a bill that would codify federal disability law into Colorado law.

Judy Edwards and her son Eric traveled from Palmer to advocate for people with disabilities at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau this week, and now one part of that process is a bit easier. A newly ...