Here's How Republican Lawmakers Are Responding to Medicaid Advocates
Disability rights activists protesting the proposed GOP health care bill’s cuts to Medicaid are being met with slammed doors and, in some cases, police force.
Time to Include the Disability Community in News Conversations on Police Brutality
Half of police killings involve people with a mental disorder, but little attention is paid to the issue in media coverage. This failing, whether due to a lack of education or prejudice, is hurting the most vulnerable members of society.
FDA Tells Massachusetts Group Home to Stop Shocking Its Disabled Residents
The government questions whether the Judge Rotenberg Center has been straight with families about the risks of its electrical shock devices and alternative treatments.
Texas Halts Execution of Robert James Campbell at Eleventh Hour
A court in Texas halted an execution Tuesday with just hours to spare of a convicted murderer who had appealed on grounds he suffered intellectual disabilities.
Where Does Depression Hurt? A Map of World Clinical Diagnoses
The second leading cause of disability, clinical depression is a widespread disorder. A new study shows the rates at which each country suffers depression and speculates as to the reasons why, for example, Afghanistan has the most incidences of depression while Japan has the fewest.
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Death for the Disabled: Should We Kill Freddie Lee Hall?
The U.S. Supreme Court now faces what may be the most important legal challenge to the death penalty in years.
Would You Pay the Price of a Longer Life?
Two studies suggest living longer may come with a number of troublesome symptoms and a high risk of disability that increase caregiving needs in the twilight years of life.
Watch: Rare Footage of FDR in a Wheelchair
One of our greatest presidents was disabled, a secret so well kept that the footage just uncovered of Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in the wheelchair on which he relied is making headlines.
How Charity Can Be Deadly to the Disabled
A wheelchair innovator says the charity model does more harm than good for the 55 million paraplegics in the developing world.
Education Department Bureaucracy Keeps Disabled Borrowers in Debt
Under federal law, borrowers who develop lasting disabilities after taking out federal student loans are entitled to have their debts forgiven. The system was meant to spare former students who become disabled from a lifetime of spiraling debt. But the process of discharging the loans of disabled borrowers is broken.