More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

Purple Fest was a moment to celebrate how far disability rights have come—but it also illuminated the path ahead for queer movements. If Pride truly needs a ramp, then queer movements must build it ...

Despite significant health disparities experienced by people with disabilities, their needs are poorly addressed and understood in health policy, research, and practice. Estimates of prevalence vary ...

In the field of paediatrics, the concept of normal (ie, typical)—in contrast to different, special, deviant, delayed, or ...

Most people over 50 were already adults when the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect in 1992 and transformed the rights of people with physical and mental conditions. Now, a new poll finds ...

We do medical exemptions.” Cassandra Clerkin, a mother in upstate New York, first got in touch with Frontline Health Advocates near the start of the 2024–2025 school year, after hearing they had ...

SURGEONS from the UK and the US have performed what is thought to be the world’s first remote-controlled stroke surgery.

The University of Dundee advanced its role in stroke treatment after participating in the world’s first robotic transatlantic ...

Jaipur: A single judge bench of the Rajasthan high court Wednesday ordered the fresh medical examination of a candidate who was selected for a govt job under the disabled category but later denied ...

For 10 years, the (CEM) has brought hope, dignity, and opportunity to persons living with disabilities through its flagship ...

A large genetic study reveals depression beginning in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and a much greater ...

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