According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s ...

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) – This month, Mattel released a first-of-its-kind doll in their “fashionista’s line,” a new Barbie with autism. Frances McCutcheon, a lecturer in disabilities studies at Roanoke ...

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In a Sept. 25 lecture at Riggs Library, Doron Dorfman, professor of disability law at Seton Hall University School of Law, contended that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) remains too limited ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

What are ABLE accounts? Special needs trust attorney Ellen Cookman talks with “Enable: The Disability Podcast” about 529 ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts, a tax-advantaged savings ...

Paul Aronsohn's ombudsman office became a national model and exposed problems with group homes, insurers and state agencies. The stakes were personal.

Scott D. Landes ([email protected]), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National ...

A new study from Penn State University found that older adults who experience symptoms of insomnia and/or use sleep medications face a substantially higher risk of developing disabilities that affect ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of 65 experiencing insomnia symptoms. In a new study, ...

THE Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning (MOLMP) has begun discussions with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) ...