Many people are reluctant to reveal hidden physical or mental challenges. Revealing invisible challenges within a relationship of trust can equip and empower people. Accommodating invisible ...

Women with disabilities have very low rates of physical activity, which may be an important contributor to overweight in this population. According to the United States Department of Health and Human ...

Tracking nearly 30,000 older Americans over eight years, researchers show that long-term exposure to common air pollutants may not only raise the risk of physical decline but also reduce the chances ...

People don't get to choose the illnesses that render them too disabled to work, but insurance companies have the power to approve or deny claims based on where in the body their condition exists. It's ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

"I always felt like a neutral sex. It's like I'm not a woman, not a man. I don't know what I am because I was never approached like a woman and I guess that as I grow older and mature more, I have ...

In general, society and the media have two extremely polarizing views on people with disabilities. They are viewed as either remarkable and heroic or victims and pitiful. Since disability falls on a ...

In reading Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 State of the State address, I was pleased to see that the governor noted that in striving to expand access to primary care for adults with complex needs, the state ...