The latest expansion brings the Compassionate Allowances list to 314 conditions.

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a final rule substantially revising the regulations implementing Section 503 of the ...

A real gap is built into the Department of Veterans Affairs' disability rating system. A veteran can be rated at 70% or 80%, ...

For veterans who received a lump-sum separation payment because they left before completing 20 years of service, the ...

While there has been a lot of state and federal headway in leave expansion, qualifying employees are still facing steep costs ...

Millions Can Now Track Social Security Disability Claims More Easily ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act always considers bipolar disorder a disability. However, the Social Security Administration sometimes does not. Bipolar disorder can cause significant shifts in ...

After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) designated disabled people ...

Disabled people are disproportionately incarcerated and segregated from society through a variety of institutions. Still, the links between disability and incarceration are underexplored, limiting ...

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...