To pivot from pet food to disability advocacy is quite the career move. But that’s precisely what Steve Degnan did. The longtime consumer products executive, who spent more than three decades at noted ...

Although cognitive impairment and disability likely influence one another, new research indicates that physical disability ...

Many people with disabilities want to work but face accessibility barriers. Alexis Smith has decided that being diagnosed with cerebral palsy will not get in the way of her goal to become a journalist ...

In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on the Greek Island of Santorini. She didn't drink enough water and when she returned to her cruise ship, she felt dizzy and nauseated. She thought ...

Millions of Americans are priced out of homes and apartments. For people with disabilities, finding an accessible place they can afford can be even more challenging. Judy Woodruff reports on the ...

This year’s iteration of the Disability Equality Index represents a landmark edition for several important reasons. Firstly, the authoritative measurement tool which is compiled by corporate ...

D isability accommodations in American higher education are skyrocketing. In the past decade, the proportion of colleges with more than 10 percent of students registered as disabled has quintupled, ...

In her house in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Barbara Meade said "there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place." Meade, 82, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, so a ...