Patients with disabilities report lower satisfaction in health care interactions, particularly in understanding complex information and feeling respected. Disparities exist in perceived respect and ...

On June 24 approximately 35 participants in the UN Ad Hoc meeting met to discuss ways to integrate gender sensitive areas of concern into a disability rights convention. Participants represented a ...

British workers who are sensitive to rejection can sue for disability discrimination, according to a new tribunal judgment. Employees in the UK can sue for discrimination under employment law if they ...

Should they brush it off as just annoying, but predictable comments from people who should probably know but usually don’t? Or, is there more to casual ableism than irritation? And how hard should non ...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) guarantees the human rights of people with disabilities. UN entities and CRPD mandate’s representatives met on the 16th session of the ...

A major challenge in testing new therapies for people with intellectual disability is finding accurate tools to measure whether the intervention or medication works. A new study by researchers at the ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be considered a disability in some cases. If symptoms meet specific criteria and interfere with daily life, a person may be able to claim disability benefits.

Lining up for premieres, loading up on popcorn and squeezing into the last seat of sold-out films defines movie-going for many, but it’s easy to take for granted the ability to jump in a car and zip ...