It has been a couple decades since an automobile accident on a cold winter's night left me with a quadriplegia diagnosis and a lifetime supply of power wheelchairs. I sustained a spinal cord injury ...

OneAmerica Financial® has introduced a new digital disability guide designed to help individuals better understand group disability protection and feel more prepared when filing a claim becomes ...

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 ...

For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A local boxing gym is making a big difference in the lives of kids and adults with disabilities — by boosting confidence and creating a safe space while training. In August 2024, ...

Kim Brooks and her daughter, Zoe, spent months searching for college options but didn’t receive college counseling from the program that’s supposed to support students with disabilities. Credit: ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

Mari Miranda, a West Kendall parent of two sons with special needs, said she couldn’t have gotten her sons the help they needed without Parent to Parent of Miami. Her 11-year-old son, Alexander Blanco ...

The way people with disabilities are treated is backsliding in the U.S., advocates say. Cruel names are slung around without a second thought; fingers are pointed; “jokes” are whispered just out of ...

Finding a great agent is a challenge for any actor, but it can get even trickier when you have a disability. And while the basic rules of securing representation apply to everyone, there are extra ...