It happens constantly: I meet a person for the first time, I’m in my wheelchair, we introduce ourselves, and then the first thing that person wants to talk about is the medical aspects of my ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Denise Brodey reports on inclusion, disability and healthcare. Is there a lack of disabled talent or is there a shortage of people ...

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Editor’s Note: While some communities prefer disability-first language (“disabled person”), others ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. It’s a good time to rethink not only how non-autistic or “neurotypical” people can best support autistic people –– but also how non-disabled people in general can do ...

We cannot escape disability. If you live long enough, you will experience some kind of disability. It might be a “hidden” disability such as depression, alcohol addiction, or an eating disorder. It ...

According to the preliminary findings of a study on the cost of secondary conditions among women with physical disabilities (n=443), the majority (60 percent) reported problems with circulation. In a ...

"Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives — job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example… It is not a tragedy to me that I'm ...

Disability access remains a problem in public spaces, and regardless of the strides we made during the pandemic, many of those accommodations were too quick to be eliminated. Having been a critic for ...

The latest Social Security Administration data document that Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) rolls reached a record high of 8.85 million in March 2013, an increase of 1.6 million or 21 ...