Disability Issues

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allows an employee to sue her employer after the employer refused to accommodate her request for a shift change due to her partial blindness.

In the month since new regulations governing mental health parity went into effect, several insurance companies have complained that the regulations go too far in their attempt to limit how insurance companies select and reimburse providers and manage care.

A report written by the Republican staff of the Senate's subcommittee on investigations found that administrative law judges - who decide appeals of federal disability claims - were not always properly citing medical evidence when making positive disability determinations, due...

Recent changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have gone into effect, and, for the most part, the updated rules will make it easier for people with special needs to access public places and services.

A recent Parade magazine article highlights the problems that young adults face when they "age-out" of special education services and announces a Web site where families of people with autism can connect.

Both houses of Congress managed to pass the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2011, clearing the way for an additional three years of federal funding for autism research and treatment.

There are plenty of advice books on the market for parents of children with special needs, but Reflections from a Different Journey takes a different approach, collecting wisdom for parents of children with special needs from the source: adults who...

The Justice Department has brought hate crimes charges against five alleged co-conspirators who, officials say, imprisoned people with disabilities in order to steal their Social Security disability payments.

On July 26, 2010, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing Office of Personnel Management, which oversees federal hiring, to create new recruitment and hiring strategies that will significantly increase employment for people with disabilities in the federal government.