In 2026, disability advocates want expanded access to primary and emergency care — and influence new debates around genetic ...

The Global Disability Summit in Berlin on April 2-3 will serve as a crucial platform for advancing disability rights worldwide. It aims to bridge policy gaps, promote accessibility, and secure ...

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the special rapporteur’s report on care and support for children with disabilities within the family environment and its gendered ...

It’s an election year here in the U.S. – and in quite a few other countries as well. Like many if not most Americans, disabled voters in the United States may be struggling to engage, this year ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Experts and disability justice advocates say these changes could help more California families with children who have complex medical needs access the care they‘re entitled to. California has a ...

The most profound acts of love often unfold in homes where a family member lives with a disability. In these homes, a woman—usually the mother, wife, or sister—becomes the entire infrastructure of ...

Millions of families across the United States quietly carry a profound and often invisible responsibility: caring for a loved one with disabilities, specifically intellectual and developmental ...

Credit: Getty Images Health care workers with disabilities face significant challenges, such as employment discrimination, lack of accessibility, and ableism. Nurses constitute the largest group of ...

The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively ...