Disability Issues

Recently passed legislation offers new tools to better protect Social Security disability beneficiaries from representative payees who abuse their position.

Three leading civil and disability rights groups are suing the U.S. Department of Education over changes to the way the Department handles claims of rights violations. ...

President Trump has issued an executive order that could compromise the independence of federal agency judges, most of whom work at the Social Security Administration (SSA).    ...

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

Efforts by the federal government and some states to require certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to maintain eligibility for benefits has run into a series of obstacles, both in the courts and in state legislatures. ...

As the pandemic wreaks its havoc and the economy slides into recession, Medicaid-funded disability service providers are among the hardest hit sectors -- with no federal relief in sight.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will have the $1,200 COVID-19 relief checks automatically deposited in their bank accounts.

New federal regulations set to take effect April 1, 2020, may make it significantly harder for many with disabilities to obtain food stamps. The new rules do not include any analysis of their potential impacts on people with disabilities.

According to a new investigative report, some county election officials are using their failure to make their polling locations accessible as a pretext for closing them.