Half of states are suing over new Medicaid eligibility requirements that advocates have warned will lead people with ...

The U.S. Department of Education's transfer of its special education and civil rights offices is likely to cause confusion ...

In a series of special issues that are about to drop, Marvel Comics is putting the focus on a half dozen heroes with various ...

Children with disabilities as young as 2 are being suspended and expelled from school often for behaviors that are related to ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says states have no legal obligation to serve people with developmental disabilities in the community, a reversal that advocates say could have profound consequences.

Accessing early intervention services like speech, occupational, physical or behavioral therapy in the first years of life can lead to more than developmental gains, new research suggests. Children ...

Federal lawmakers are considering taking up legislation that would amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a move that disability advocates fear could open the door to broader changes ...

President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday requiring the federal government to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in many areas of government. The measure ...

As the Trump administration takes sweeping steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the agency is still deciding what the future holds for special education. The Education Department said ...

After months of uncertainty, federal lawmakers approved a spending package that rejects Trump administration efforts to alter the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and do away with some ...

Family and friends provide billions of hours of mostly unpaid care for adults with disabilities and complex medical conditions across the U.S. A new report finds that the value of such care tops all ...

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for intellectual disability and how it is defined, the justices said never mind. The ...