NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of the advocacy group New Disabled South, about the disabled community's needs and demands ahead of the presidential election. One in six ...

I recently attended two meetings to advocate against the scaling back of a service offered to people with disabilities. I am writing this to share my perspective as a professional with a disability ...

“Vocational salience allows all human beings to find purpose, social involvement, aspiration, life achievement, monetary reward, and the opportunity to offer themselves to the world as a change agent.

It’s a big election year. People are already declaring candidacy for office, and the political ads will start ramping up soon. With all the time and money spent to convince voters who to support, I ...

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

Advocates for the disabled say they are concerned about proposed cuts to Medicaid and other funding streams that may mean a reduction in supportive services to those with disabilities. Keith Williams, ...

For *** long time. You know, the poor blind guy. That's the way it was in the 18 hundreds and you know, going way, way back. But um we, we proved that that's not what it is and that's not what it is ...

Nia Tate-Ball, executive producer of the documentary film about her mother, ''Renegades, Building a Legacy: The Celestine Tate Harrington Story (left), spoke on a panel at WHYY News’ ''Renegades: ...

Miguel Morales was in his senior year of high school when he started getting frequent headaches. Doctors discovered a brain tumor and operated that night. After the surgery, he had to relearn how to ...

ROCHESTER — As part of a series of lunchtime meetings centered around Rochester's disability community, a panel talked about different aspects of the city's built environment and how to make them more ...