If an employee wears glasses, has high blood pressure or was once diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, is he or she disabled? Based on recent amendments to California’s disability legislation, ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

The military's definition of combat-related disabilities was narrowed in a little-noticed regulation change in March. In a letter to the 1.3-million-member Disabled American Veterans, William J. Carr, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A lawsuit challenging Section 504, a federal law that recognizes the civil rights of individuals with disabilities, is gaining national attention. The lawsuit, filed in September, ...

Under Senate Bill 43, a new law that recently took effect in San Diego County, law enforcement officers and medical professionals can detain a person with a diagnosed mental illness or substance use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. What is the shape of disability activism? There is a lot of ...

New Jersey Appellate Division decision finds employee suspected of contracting COVID-19 failed to assert a perceived disability claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Decision shows ...

A House bill that would require people convicted in death-penalty cases to submit evidence of an IQ below 75 to claim an intellectual disability defense advanced in a committee last week after ...