Why does the disability community have so much less political power or policy influence than its size would suggest? How can it be that a population of over 61 million and a voting cohort of well over ...

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 ...

When a young, admired, and beloved disability activist named Stacey Park Milbern passed away last week, I found myself once again going through one of the defining experiences of the disability ...

From left, Laura Howell, CEO of Maryland Association of Community Services; Ande Kolp, executive director for The Arc of Maryland; and Mat Rice, executive director for People on the Go of Maryland, ...

When Patrice Jetter and Garry Wickham became engaged, the first decisions were of small, giddy consequence: where to hold the ...

Disability can be considered the largest minority group in America; about 25% of adults in America had a disability in 2018 according to the CDC. However, people with disabilities are severely ...

College students often have a complicated relationship with social media, with a large number of learners active on multiple social media platforms but also aware of the negative mental health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Matt Chase for Yahoo News In December 2020, Katriel Nopoulos was feeling bored. Like most people, Nopoulos had ...

A person with disabilities. A disabled person. At first glance, those two phrases might seem synonymous. They both convey the same information – a person who, in some way, form, or fashion, ...

Loneliness, a growing public health concern for Americans, disproportionately affects people with disabilities.