Maybe it’s the sign of the times, but I’ve been getting a lot of emails recently from senior citizens asking if they can get Social Security disability benefits. The answer depends on a variety of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Disability activism is empowering. For some disabled people ...

Language (and the questions it forces people to ask and consider) plays an essential role in inclusion and can increase visibility and empathy for groups that have historically been marginalized or ...

The line between difference, disability, and disease is constantly shifting, shaped as much by social attitudes as biology. A ...

Telework is a common example of a reasonable accommodation, which agencies are legally required to provide to workers with ...

Jazmine was a thoughtful and curious student who worked hard to earn good grades at her San Francisco Bay Area public high school in hopes of attending college. “Being blind meant that it took me ...

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a Service Animal is defined as... "...any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the ...

On January 25, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” instructing school districts on their responsibilities to serve students with ...

Gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears laid out very different visions for how federal ...

On October 3, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice in the Federal Register proposing changes to the required voluntary self-identification form that all ...