In 2026, disability advocates want expanded access to primary and emergency care — and influence new debates around genetic ...

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 ...

The Global Disability Summit in Berlin on April 2-3 will serve as a crucial platform for advancing disability rights worldwide. It aims to bridge policy gaps, promote accessibility, and secure ...

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the special rapporteur’s report on care and support for children with disabilities within the family environment and its gendered ...

The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively ...

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement is outlining new standards for providing health care to youth with autism, intellectual disability and other neurodevelopmental disabilities in an effort to ...

It’s an election year here in the U.S. – and in quite a few other countries as well. Like many if not most Americans, disabled voters in the United States may be struggling to engage, this year ...

Millions of families across the United States quietly carry a profound and often invisible responsibility: caring for a loved one with disabilities, specifically intellectual and developmental ...

The Kantzer family has a strong support system through MARCA Industries, a nonprofit organization that provides services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Joe emphasizes the importance ...

Left to right, Ru Amagasu, 59, and Aaron Deede, 43, are residents at Inglis House, a nursing home and wheelchair community in Philadelphia that provides long-term care for people with disabilities.

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across Pennsylvania continue to encounter significant barriers to basic health care — from inaccessible ...

Caring for caregivers: The missing link in disability support For a child or adult with an intellectual or physical disability, the caregiver becomes a sleepless sentinel, forever alert to danger.