A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Worcester, accusing the city of endangering people in mental health crisis by sending armed police to 911 calls instead of trained clinicians — a ...

Disability advocates say while EMTs respond to physical health problems, armed officers respond to mental health crises.

Seven in 10 employers reveal they are excluding candidates in certain groups, including those who live with a long-term ...

People don't get to choose the illnesses that render them too disabled to work, but insurance companies have the power to approve or deny claims based on where in the body their condition exists. It's ...

Living with mental illness can make gainful employment impossible. The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits to people with certain mental illnesses through two federal ...

Federal labor officials have selected Kansas to serve as a central state in the expansion of employment opportunities for people with mental health conditions. Cara Sloan-Ramos, a ...

Three state prisoners are claiming in a state lawsuit that the Massachusetts Parole Board has discriminated against them because of their mental health disabilities, and that the board's actions have ...

Hiring intentions of employers have fallen to a three-year low, and 70 per cent of companies are excluding candidates on the basis of mental illness, disability and age.

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s Disability Advocacy Day in Tennessee, a time to recognize and talk about the more than 1.7 million Tennesseans living with physical or mental disability. This marks ...

MILWAUKIE, Ore. — People with intellectual or developmental disabilities say they face challenges accessing mental health services in Oregon — isolated into a separate category of treatment. State ...

(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights ...