The vast majority of characters with disabilities on television are played by typically developing actors, according to a new ...

The Trump administration wants to eliminate university centers on developmental disabilities and rethink IDEA funding, but a ...

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement." ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging autism rates, but a new analysis finds that ...

A major vacation rental platform is working to make it easier for travelers with disabilities to find accommodations that ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but experts are split on what that would mean for students with disabilities across the nation. On the ...

FRESNO, Calif. — Sheri Louie fell in love with Kristina the moment she saw her at the group home for medically fragile children in Fresno. A licensed vocational nurse, Louie had spent years working ...

After months of delays, lawmakers recently approved a federal funding bill narrowly averting a government shutdown, but advocates say it may bring more questions than answers for disability programs.

Young adults with autism are often left out socially, with new research finding they are less likely to receive phone calls and invites from friends than even those with other types of developmental ...

President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday requiring the federal government to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in many areas of government. The measure ...