Lori Long met her partner, Mark Contreras, when they were both in their 40s, and they soon knew they wanted to spend their lives together. As they planned their wedding, Long made a startling ...

The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for Americans with disabilities. This of course assumes that ...

Curbing disability discrimination in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility. And it’s unfair, though all too common, to place all of the burden on people with disabilities to absorb, defuse, or ...

Mickey Wesley was 11 when he moved into the boys dormitory on the Hammer campus in 1978 in Wayzata. Born with autism and Down syndrome, young Mickey loved going to church, bowling and fishing, his ...

Starting next year, people who became disabled by age 46 will be eligible to open ABLE accounts. The accounts have been slow to catch on, partly because the current age limit is 26.

Disability is part of the human condition. Almost everyone will experience a disability at some point in their lives, and more than 40 million Americans are living with a disability today. 1 But ...

Living as an active member of the community while retaining independence is one of the most sought-after goals for people with disabilities, their families, and supporters. Living in a home, either ...

There are people in your life who influence and shape how you see the world. For me, one of these people is Terry Moakley, a warm and welcoming family friend, a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a ...

As a toddler, Veronica Ayala loved Fridays. At 5 o’clock sharp, her mom whisked her away from the grim Moody State School for Cerebral Palsied Children for a 48-hour reprieve. Ayala’s house was mere ...

Unnecessary barriers make accessing basic supports extremely difficult for disabled people across the country. For disabled people in America, barriers to critical, lifesaving safety net programs are ...

Personal testimonies reveal how inaccessible transport, housing and workplaces are among the day-to-day realities for ...