Advocates say that disabled veterans will be major beneficiaries of the change in age eligibility, since they often ...

California Sen. Adam Schiff is leading a bipartisan effort to improve emergency services for older adults and disabled people ...

A budget agreement working its way through Congress rebuffs Trump administration efforts to make major changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and eliminate some disability programs ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

Technology can be both a lifeline and a barrier. Users with disabilities explain how accessible design transforms tech from ...

Adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription drugs as adults without disabilities, according to West Virginia University research. Jeanette Garcia, associate professor at ...

A national survey of disability services providers found that many of those providers are experiencing a shortage of direct ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

Independence focuses on one individual achieving a goal or task fully on their own. Interdependence is a dynamic, mutual ...

For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide ...

Disabled adults face more obstacles in building credit and maintaining financial health than non-disabled adults. For example, adults with disabilities are less likely to be approved for and hold a ...

JB Ranch, in western Lake Worth, is undergoing renovations to elevate living for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities that live there.