Lori Long met her partner, Mark Contreras, when they were both in their 40s, and they soon knew they wanted to spend their lives together. As they planned their wedding, Long made a startling ...

‘We’re a diverse, proud, and vibrant community, but life is outrageously unequal for disabled people.’ Scope -the leading equality disability charity has launched a new advert to try and highlight how ...

The intersection of identities is both a source of pride and challenges experienced by many Americans today, and for 61 million people, that includes living with a disability. For those living with a ...

Until relatively recently, children and young people with life-shortening conditions were not expected to survive into ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – 35 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed, discussions are still being had in Sioux Falls about improving access to jobs for disabled people. Disabled ...

Telling a disabled person they are “inspiring” is a “microaggression”, an NHS trust has claimed. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has warned doctors not to put “people in broad ...

There is no single, unanimous “disabled people’s perspective” on whether or not we want to be cured of our disabling conditions, or on how highly we prioritize cure or medical improvement as a goal.

This past September 2023, the United Kingdom government's Disability Unit launched an awareness campaign titled #AskDon'tAssume. It is aimed mainly at non-disabled people, urging them not to make ...

A stairlift or an accessible bathroom might seem like a small change, but for thousands of older and disabled people these ...

Illinois House Bill 4284 would replace terms like 'handicapped' with person-first disability language in state laws.