disability

More seniors and people with disabilities are choosing to stay in their homes, and home health aides are vital to providing them basic assistance. The profession is projected to be one of the fastest growing nationally in the next decade, but it’s getting harder to recruit and retain these workers.

What does an entertainment journalist do when he can’t cover events? Seth Johnson talks about his experience learning new skills — including creating…

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act could save the government money by causing fewer people to sign up for disability benefits, according to…

A village of tiny homes to house people with mental illnesses could be coming to Chatham County, North Carolina.Many people with mental illnesses live on…

"You can evaluate the person as a whole," says Dr. Roberta Miller, who has been a home care physician for more than 20 years. The traditional house call may be the future of medicine.

A class action lawsuit argues that traumatized students in Compton, Calif., are entitled to the same accommodations from schools as students with more traditional, physical disabilities.

What We've Been Reading This Week:America's Kids Are Healthier, But Racial Divides PersistFewer children are dying in infancy and before adulthood and…

A new accessibility app called Compeer is currently being beta tested and may soon be able to help those with disabilities navigate cities more easily.…

More than half of young people with autism have neither a job nor educational plans in the first two years after high school, a study finds.

Only 17.5 percent of Americans with disabilities over age 16 are employed, compared with 64.7 percent of the population without disabilities, according to…