Jul. 1—July 26 is National Disability Independence Day. This day celebrates the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law in 1990. Paralyzed Veterans of America provides facts about ...

The FINANCIAL — There were nearly 40 million Americans with a disability in 2015, representing 12.6% of the civilian non-institutionalized population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet the ...

My husband is a physician. As often as he writes prescriptions, he also prescribes old-fashioned advice: “Attitude is everything.” It’s true. The medical community isn’t really sure how, but studies ...

If you’ve been disabled due to your service in the military, you’re due some compensation. But just because you’re owed compensation doesn’t mean that it’s easier to figure out how much is due to you.

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month in Connecticut. We’re joined by David Doukas, Director of the CT Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, to hear about the services available to help people ...

The January 2026 National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) report shows that employment outcomes for working-aged people with disabilities reached all-time highs in November and December 2025, ...

The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ...

A proposal to change how the Census Bureau produces a key set of estimates about the number of people with disabilities in the United States has sparked controversy among many disability advocates.

The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) provides retirement and disability benefits to eligible workers. If you become disabled, you may be eligible to receive FERS disability retirement ...

The New River Valley Disability Resource Center located in Christiansburg opened its doors in June 2016. Once operating as a satellite of the Blue Ridge Independent Living Center in Roanoke, the NRV ...