Advocates fought for change and disabled students began gaining new educational rights and protections. A few years later, in 1979, Congress created the DOE. Before the DOE, federal education programs ...

In April, HSBC UK announced plans to offer beginner sign language training to all its workers to support them and their ...

A new book reveals the long relationship between race, disability, and nationhood in the revolutionary-era United States.

The Massachusetts legislature passed a bill that would remove "outdated and offensive language" used to describe people with disabilities in the state’s General Laws. The measure would eliminate ...

"If we can make this mission happen, it won't just be a milestone for human spaceflight; it will send a powerful message about what people with disabilities are capable of, and that there should be no ...

McFall, who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident aged 19, has secured funding support for a mission to low Earth orbit to study the impact of microgravity on prosthetics. Daughter of famous ...

One affected student said he feels like "an extinct animal … because my presence is there, I made a difference, but there’s no historical record of me" Google Twelve students with disabilities were ...

Twelve students with disabilities were left out of their high school yearbook. The teens were omitted from Chapel Hill High School's yearbook this year, according to WRAL. Parent Krista Caraway ...

Employment among Americans with disabilities remains near record highs, according to a recent analysis by the Kessler Foundation. Many workers with disabilities may not know about Achieving a Better ...

Editor’s note: This story was shared as part of a content-sharing agreement between Mosaic.NJ.com and Chalkbeat. You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter (or X). Kristen Victorino remembers the ...

These resources, created in partnership with the Lakeshore Foundation, provide detailed instruction on delivering lifesaving care both in and out of a wheelchair. No nationally recognized training ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Even a glance at Shy’tyra Burton’s life reveals her need for ...