Nearly 40 years ago, disability advocates struck a deal with Republican lawmakers, who agreed to give their votes in exchange for excluding trans people from landmark federal disability protections.

BATON ROUGE, La. - National, state and local elections are just around the corner, but for individuals with disabilities, getting to the polls and casting a ballot could be more difficult than ever.

This program will discuss the applicability of the ADA (and other disability rights laws) to companies in the sharing economy (i.e., Uber, AirBnB, etc.) and provide an overview of accessibility issues ...

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Disability-rights advocates are challenging a new state law allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities, alleging the measure violates federal protections. The ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Editor's note: The following story originally appeared in the Pro-Life Special Section of the NCR print issue dated Jan. 1-14, 2016. We are providing special access of the full story to you, our ...

Paid family leave and disability rights were two issues state representatives voted on the last time they were in Harrisburg.

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) has designated April as its inaugural Advocacy Month, a time to celebrate progress in ...