A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation to support direct care workers and family caregivers.

For nearly 27 years, the Supreme Court’s landmark 1999 decision in Olmstead v. L.C. has protected Americans with disabilities from being forced …

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an interim final rule that requires certain adult Medicaid beneficiaries to

Nearly one year ago, Donald Trump and Republicans made the largest cuts to health care in history, slashing over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to fund...

Texas A&M University researchers are developing a smart home system to help people living with dementia stay safer at home and alert caregivers to problems such as falls, wandering and kitchen haz...

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

This workforce and the home and community-based care system that supports them is in crisis.

Natalie Beazer’s NeuroNest initiative is reimagining disability care through community-centered housing, neurodiversity advocacy, and multi-generational support.

For Immediate Release: May 18, 2026 Contact: Naomi Hess, communications@aapd.com; 202-873-4011 WASHINGTON, DC — AAPD and the undersigned disability and civil rights organizations are profoundly disapp...

Since 2011, a Boston-based nonprofit Team IMPACT has matched more than 4,500 children facing serious illness and disability with college teams across the U.S.—transforming lives through the power of b...

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

Too often, people with Long COVID hear that since clinical research is still underway, not much can be done for them at this point. We at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative and RTHM Clinic reject ...

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Watching family members struggle with long-term illnesses left two El Paso teens searching for a way to help, and their shared passion for coding became their answer.

Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more like...

Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.

Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.

Knight is one of America’s most generous philanthropists, according to Forbes data, donating billions of dollars to educational institutions throughout his life.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.

In Thursday's ruling, justices unanimously agreed that the burden placed on students to prove their school is not meeting their disability accommodations is too high. In other news: "Wheelchair rules"...

New bill requires wheelchair-accessible spaces at public electric vehicle charging stations in Pennsylvania

White House rhetoric dehumanizes disabled communities, but activists continue to organize for access, care and justice.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) demanded cuts to Medicaid spending because he claimed recipients "sit on their butt at home."While speaking to right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on Monday, Scott rejected calls...

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

The notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit will rule on whether it's a civil rights violation to deny a quadriplegic man a ventilator.

The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism registries or databases without legal safeguards or accountability.

Proposed reductions will have terrible consequences for autistic people and their families.

Thursday, May 15, 2025, help us celebrate the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, ...

(Printer-friendly PDF version | 369 KB) (Large Print PDF version | 352 KB) (Spanish version) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is divided into five sections, which are known as titles. These

There’s no way around it: Grief is never easy. A clinical psychologist explains the five stages of grief, including what they are, how they manifest and when to seek support from a therapist who can help you cope.

Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and let the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire will increase insurance costs for millions of Americans.

190 rural hospitals in 34 Medicaid expansion states are at immediate risk of closure. Slashing Medicaid could push them over the edge.

New report warns that potential budget cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger severe economic consequences across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The newly formed Coalition of Autism Scientists (160 members and counting) today issued a statement in response to remarks and actions taken by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department...

Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.