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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An actor with Down syndrome is making history by appearing in a leading role alongside Jude Law and other big names in a new version of "Peter Pan" that Disney is releasing this week.

A government agency that funds services and supports for people with disabilities living in the community will be broken up as part of a massive reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and ...

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.

Republicans in Congress pushed through the largest Medicaid cuts in history, a move advocates say will inevitably shrink services for people with disabilities across the nation. The U.S. House of ...

President Trump wants to cut $163 billion in federal spending next year, potentially zeroing out key disability programs, some of which are already pausing services because they're running out of ...

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.