A new documentary is casting fresh light on one of the nation’s most well-known people with autism. The film “An Open Door,” ...

A key U.S. Senate panel rejected a Trump administration push to make major changes to IDEA and defund some disability ...

A White House order calling for greater reliance on institutionalization threatens decades of precedent on disability rights, ...

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed ...

A prominent disability justice activist will soon appear on quarters issued by the U.S. Mint as part of a special program ...

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For the first time in four years, the amount of money that people with disabilities can save without jeopardizing eligibility for government benefits is rising.

After months of delays, lawmakers recently approved a federal funding bill narrowly averting a government shutdown, but advocates say it may bring more questions than answers for disability programs.

As President Donald Trump doubles down on his pledge to shutter the U.S. Department of Education, the ramifications for students with disabilities could be severe, advocates say.

Fewer states are meeting their obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, federal officials say, with most deficient multiple years in a row.

New research suggests that a decades-old drug can alleviate anxiety issues in kids and young adults with autism. Individuals on the spectrum who took the blood pressure medication propranolol ...

President Donald Trump is tapping newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead a commission charged with addressing autism and other “health burdens.” ...