Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. President Donald ...

Leigh Markowitz, managing attorney with Disability Rights Florida, a nonprofit organization that advocates for people with ...

Alice Wong, a nationally recognized disability rights advocate and author who founded the Disability Visibility Project, has died at 51, CNN reported. Her family announced her death Sunday, saying she ...

Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, is the 2025 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship ...

Black history and disabled history are more aligned than people realize, with many Black icons experiencing some form of disability. Abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth had a ...

A plaintiff with a mobility disability sued the Florida government claiming that pregnancy parking permits violate ADA Title II and the ...

Disability advocates are challenging the Trump administration's steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, arguing ...

Voters check in at Milford High School on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, for the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. Last year, New Hampshire lawmakers united to expand the use of accessible voting machines ...

Rosa’s Law was named for nine-year-old Rosa Marcellino, whose brother Nick explained the change this way: “What you call ...

Federal funding delays following the shutdown are forcing a Little Rock disability rights group to cut staff and halt key ...

A viral video of a customer confronting a disabled McDonald's worker in Benton has sparked outrage and renewed conversations ...