Guest Post by David Bernstein, Executive Director of the David Project. He blogs at The Big Shift. The following post originally appeared in GOOD Magazine. When my younger son was diagnosed with ADHD, ...

In the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starfleet officer Geordi La Forge is blind—but his VISOR (Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement) and later ocular implants negate his ...

Mary Ann Nelson shows a video to her class every year that enlightens students’ perspective on disabilities. “30 Days” features NFL star Ray Crockett, who spent 30 days in a wheelchair to experience ...

Moving to a new place as a child is a challenge in itself. Add to that having to simultaneously learn two languages — the undertaking seems insurmountable. Melanie Rojas, a University of Delaware ...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) supports ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by the U.S.A. As the world’s largest scientific society, ACS supports ...

I have a disability; it is called autism. Disability is not a bad word. It's simply an aspect of the human condition, one that we all encounter throughout life, whether it's a short-term disability ...

Demonstrators holding a banner during the Non-March For Disabled Women inside Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y., on January 19, 2019. (Barbara Alper / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that ...

The digital divide is widespread among people with disabilities but tends to have a disproportionate impact on their lives. In the first of this two-part series, we explore just how significant the ...

As we mark the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this month, the lack of progress in employment for people with disabilities casts a shadow over the law’s achievements. The ...

Disabled people are disproportionately incarcerated and segregated from society through a variety of institutions. Still, the links between disability and incarceration are underexplored, limiting ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Garret Frey refuses to be sidelined. Frey has been paralyzed from the neck down for more than 37 of his 42 years. He has spent decades rejecting the government’s excuses when he and ...

I’m an independent woman”, I continued. “I’m out on my own all the time. I don’t need someone helping me right now”. He could ...