A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It was passed into law in 1991 and guarantees equal rights ...

As many employment lawyers are now well aware, determining what is and what is not a “disability” under the applicable laws can be a litigation minefield. With the enactment of the ADA Amendments Act ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

Radical technologies around the world may soon overhaul the field of disability and immobility, which affects in some way more than a billion people around the world. MIT bionics designer Hugh Herr, ...

A new letter from the Office for Civil Rights at the federal education department details how school districts should act on some changes to federal law regarding people with disabilities. The way I’m ...

BISMARCK - North Dakota's workers will soon face sweeping new definitions of disability, aimed at getting the seriously injured back on the job. A new law will require that a worker be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. What is the shape of disability activism? There is a lot of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. What is the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment that will be signed into law on the first of January? Kelton ...