Until relatively recently, children and young people with life-shortening conditions were not expected to survive into ...

“I don’t have to be cured to be happy. I don’t have to conform to the physical notion of perfection (whatever that is) to be a whole person.” — Disabled commenter at eparent.com. “Many disabled people ...

Having a disability is tiring. Every day you have to plan for things that other people just don’t have to. Yet, most "disability awareness" content, for Disability Pride Month and other occasions, ...

My son Otto started preschool this fall. The previous year, during every daycare pickup, our reunion was routinely punctuated by the same questions from the other 3-year-olds in the room: Why are you ...

Mattlin is a Los Angeles-based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, and elsewhere, and been broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. He is the ...

On Sept. 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher's car stalled on a busy road on the Northside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crutcher, an amateur singer, had just left Tulsa Community College, where he'd found out that his ...

Our year-end fundraiser is over, but thanks to a generous supporter, your gift can still be matched for a limited time. Your ...

Though SECURE eliminated the life expectancy payout for inherited retirement benefits for most beneficiaries, it preserved that favorable payout option for five classes of eligible designated ...

It was just after 10 a.m. on a bustling, bleary-eyed morning at the AltaMed clinic in Pico Rivera, and Dr. Marie Flores was fighting to keep herself composed. The waiting room was full. A line snaked ...

So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices. By David M. Perry Technology is changing the ways that disabled people interact with the world; perhaps ...