As the federal government pulls back protections, New Jersey advocates say state legislation is more urgent than ever.

Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.

California is making it harder for seniors and people with disabilities to qualify for state-funded health benefits ...

A series of workshops on P.E.I. will bring people with intellectual disabilities and their families together with justice ...

July is Disability Pride Month, an event dedicated to celebrating the unique strengths and contributions people with disabilities have made to society. In the U.S., the celebration coincides with the ...

Over the years, our laws have acknowledged the right of persons with disabilities to work, but that was not always followed by employment. The new Act takes inclusion from goodwill to obligation. Now, ...

Ejiogu (at right), the pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Washington, sprinkle holy water on people in the ...

When Harvard Law School faculty members Bill Alford ’77 and Michael Stein ’88 founded the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, known as HPOD, some 20 years ago, they envisioned it fostering the ...

When people talk about diversity and inclusion, they often forget one of the most underrepresented groups in the workforce: individuals with intellectual disabilities. People living with severe autism ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Key Catholic organizations, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a joint letter to Congress calling a recent Department of Justice guidance lowering the ...

Despite losing his eyesight at just three years old in a horrific act of violence, 48-year-old Edward Mansur has defied the ...

The latest cut came in June, when state leaders approved a budget that will lower the asset limit for low-income seniors and ...