It’s a big election year. People are already declaring candidacy for office, and the political ads will start ramping up soon. With all the time and money spent to convince voters who to support, I ...

Welcome to the October installment of trending news and stories in the disability community. This edition features stories on the disability community’s perspective on the presidential election, ...

New Yorkers are less than 10 months out from choosing their next governor — which makes everything the governor does, and the ...

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has a chance to deliver critically important reforms that can benefit the New Jersey disability community.

Individuals with invisible disabilities are everywhere in society, but because of stigmatization of disabilities, people choose not to disclose for fear of being unfairly judged. That choice has ...

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 ...

People with disabilities are often overlooked, especially when it comes to policymaking and response mechanisms such as the ones happening now with COVID-19. It is important to both seek to understand ...

Advocates for the disabled say they are concerned about proposed cuts to Medicaid and other funding streams that may mean a reduction in supportive services to those with disabilities. Keith Williams, ...

College students often have a complicated relationship with social media, with a large number of learners active on multiple social media platforms but also aware of the negative mental health ...

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Disability advocates say the Disability Disaster Access and Resources program, also known as DDAR, should be expanded, not ...