Disability Issues

Only a small fraction of those eligible for new savings accounts for people with disabilities are using them, according to disability advocates. ...

A new law expands the federal government's responsibilities to accommodate people with disabilities in natural disaster and emergency preparedness planning. ...

A new study suggests that many physicians are woefully uneducated about their legal obligations to accommodate people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Dental care rarely gets attention as a disability rights issue, but numerous people with disabilities suffer from inadequate and inaccessible dental care.  There are signs this may be changing.

Amid a crackdown by individual airlines, the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) has provided guidance on service animals used by passengers with disabilities.

Disability rights groups are suing both Uber and Lyft for failing to provide wheelchair-accessible ride-share vehicles. ...

Eliminating a cruel quirk in federal bankruptcy law, newly enacted legislation protects veterans disability benefits from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

New federal immigration rules are a return to an earlier era when people with disabilities were barred from the nation's shores, disability rights advocates charge in a lawsuit.

California, New York, and other state and city governments are enacting legislation to combat discrimination by landlords against people who pay rent with Section 8 vouchers, including many people with disabilities.  ...