Disability status has been elicited systematically in United States surveys as far back as the 1970s and was included in the March Supplement of the Current Population Survey starting in 1981. Unfortu

Inspired by personal experience and a passion for public policy, Texas A&M University economist and recent doctoral graduate Melissa Gentry studies how transportation, employment and accessibility sha...

Stephen Nuñez and Jack Landry find that the SSI Restoration Act would cut poverty among SSI households by nearly 60 percent while updating and strengthening the program.

Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

The Mobility Device User Survey (MDUS) reported here was stimulated by reports from mobility device users of the many problems, limitations, and long waits associated with the process of acquiring a m...

Over the last year my colleague Jack Landry and I have been working to quantify the impacts and costs of a family of policy proposals meant to reform the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, a ...

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Vintage Books, 2020) Click here for more about the anthology adapted for young people.     Order paperback, e-bo…

When we apply a disability lens to economic policy and research, we zoom in on people who deeply understand the flaws in our systems and are more likely to interact with public programs and services. ...

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The change comes after a legislative session that for the most part championed the rights of students with disabilities.

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Medicaid applicants often had a difficult time working through its rules even before the tax and budget law's recent changes.

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