Members of the county's Disability Advisory Commission are hoping to become better known in the broader community during 2026 ...

Why does the disability community have so much less political power or policy influence than its size would suggest? How can it be that a population of over 61 million and a voting cohort of well over ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. It’s a good time to rethink not only how non-autistic or “neurotypical” people can best support autistic people –– but also how non-disabled people in general can do ...

January 1, Floridians whose disability or diagnoses occurred before age 46, will have access to ABLE United accounts ...

Advocates for the disabled say they are concerned about proposed cuts to Medicaid and other funding streams that may mean a reduction in supportive services to those with disabilities. Keith Williams, ...

As food insecurity worsened for the disability community during the pandemic, several disability organizations developed innovative solutions that could provide a road map toward better equity around ...

The recent expansion of a law that allows individuals with disabilities to save and invest for qualified expenses while ...

Correction: The transcript and captions generated for this segment misidentified a speaker in a featured clip. Both have been updated to remove gendered identifiers ...

This year’s Disability Pride event not only celebrated disability identities but was a celebration of life and survival after pandemic separation. Karli Miller (Ms. Wheelchair Pennsylvania 2020), ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

In the past, the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s disability language style guide prioritized the use of person-first language — advising language like “person with a disability,” for ...

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