Disability Issues

Lawmakers have introduced new bills in both houses of Congress seeking to end schools’ use of disciplinary techniques traditionally employed disproportionately against students with disabilities. ...

A virus outbreak at a New Jersey nursing home that killed 11 children has focused attention on enforcement of basic health and sanitary standards at facilities, particularly those with ventilator-dependent children.

The New York Times Magazine’s weekly The Ethicist column recently explored a difficult question that may challenge many parents of adult children with special needs.

After expiring two years ago, a program that helps people with disabilities transition out of institutions and into the community appears to be headed for renewed funding.

People with disabilities would have an explicit legal right to receive services in the community rather than in an institution under new legislation backed by a bipartisan group of senators and representatives.

Three different lawsuits filed in southern California in the past few months allege that popular new urban mobility devices are a danger to people with disabilities.   ...

A new Social Security Administration proposal would make it more difficult for people who don’t speak English to qualify for disability benefits, potentially reducing the disability rolls by more than 10,000 people...

A growing number of states are adding autism spectrum disorder to the list of conditions for which families can obtain medical marijuana licenses.

Paying for day care is one of the biggest expenses faced by working adults with young children, a child with a disability or a dependent parent, but a tax credit can help these working caregivers.