Jaipreet Virdi was living and teaching in Canada, where she had grown up and earned her doctorate in the history of science, technology and medicine, when she found out about a job opening on the ...

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Public History Project held a live virtual presentation event about the history of disability at the ...

One in four U.S. adults (61 million) has some type of disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) offers federal protection for these individuals to prohibit employers from discriminating ...

Throughout history, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been misunderstood and mistreated, from legal sterilization to poor conditions at institutions. People with ...

Today, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) which is also known as world disability day. Every year on December 3rd, the world pauses, just for a moment, to reflect, to ...

It’s getting harder every July to write something new or insightful about the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s difficult even for those of us who have disabilities, and have lived long enough to ...

Judy Heumann remembers the day she went to register for kindergarten in 1952. She’d gotten dressed up and her mother had pulled her wheelchair up a flight of stairs before the principal intervened.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Museum of disABILITY History which has been closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic has announced its permanent closure. A release says in part: "Like so many ...

Many of today's disabled esports players, like Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, use mouth controllers, which were first used in gaming over 40 years ago. Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, CC BY-SA ...

UPDATE: After 13 years, Britney’s conservatorship finally ended in November 2021, restoring her right to make decisions about her own life. But there are still over 1 million people with disabilities ...