A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

"Chronic conditions" and "disability" are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we're treated and how we feel about ourselves. Although definitions serve an ...

OTTAWA — Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law — and uses the narrower version to ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we explore the world of disability lawyers. It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.

Social Security employees are often asked about our disability programs. Disability insurance is an important part of the income protection that every worker and his or her family has under Social ...

BOSTON-Employers will face one more administrative headache in light of a federal appellate court decision that makes it easier for employees to obtain leave to care for their disabled adult children.

Radical technologies around the world may soon overhaul the field of disability and immobility, which affects in some way more than a billion people around the world. MIT bionics designer Hugh Herr, ...

A new letter from the Office for Civil Rights at the federal education department details how school districts should act on some changes to federal law regarding people with disabilities. The way I’m ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Fraser, a patient advocate for people with multiple sclerosis, is seen in this undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - ...