A new documentary is casting fresh light on one of the nation’s most well-known people with autism. The film “An Open Door,” ...

A key U.S. Senate panel rejected a Trump administration push to make major changes to IDEA and defund some disability ...

A White House order calling for greater reliance on institutionalization threatens decades of precedent on disability rights, ...

A prominent disability justice activist will soon appear on quarters issued by the U.S. Mint as part of a special program ...

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed ...

Fewer states are meeting their obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, federal officials say, with most deficient multiple years in a row.

For the first time in over a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention network that tracks the prevalence of autism is expanding to include another developmental disability.

As schools across the nation shutter in response to coronavirus, federal officials are giving educators additional insight on how to handle the needs of students with disabilities.

Groups representing the nation’s doctors and dentists are committing to better prepare students in their fields to treat those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a move that could ...

People with developmental disabilities who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of dying from the virus than just about anyone else, new research indicates.

The Trump administration is moving forward with sweeping plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a move advocates say will disproportionately affect students with disabilities.