On July 5-6, 1978, on a busy downtown Denver street, 19 people in wheelchairs blocked public buses--which didn't have wheelchair lifts--to demand access to public transit.

There is a saying that a person has two deaths: the first happens when they physically die, and the second takes place when they are no longer remembered. For those close to the late disability rights ...

Disability rights groups throughout the country have voiced their opposition to the lawsuit. The Arc of Texas, which ...

Andy Washburn has been in *** wheelchair for 20 years. He knows what it's like to learn to live with *** disability. Washburn works at the Granite State Independent Living Foundation to help others ...

The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for ...

Black and underserved communities face disparities in health care access, employment, and insurance coverage. The new Norton West Louisville Hospital aims to bridge the health care accessibility gap ...

Alice Wong, an author and activist who fought for disability rights and justice, has died. Wong was 51 years old. The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner died Friday of an infection at the University of ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec Nearly 35 years after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations for ...

Like most Americans, people with disabilities are still processing the results of the 2024 elections. Now we are all headed into the holidays, when we are more or less forced to talk politics with ...

Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, which for decades has received federal ...