On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders of the ...

Zona Roberts, recognized as the “grandmother of the disability rights movement” has died at the age of 104. Described as “the embodiment of fierce love” by Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, the executive ...

For more than 30 years, a movement has been underway in the United States to create campus programs for students with intellectual disabilities to pursue higher education and reap learning and career ...

Black and underserved communities face disparities in health care access, employment, and insurance coverage. The new Norton West Louisville Hospital aims to bridge the health care accessibility gap ...

The story of a Black Panther Party member and founder of the East Oakland Center for Independent Living, who had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair. Explore Brad Lomax’s under-reported ...

GRAND FORKS – The experience of intellectually and physically-disabled people was the focus of a lecture and poster session at UND on Monday. Rehabilitative studies faculty and students coordinated to ...

From ramps outside buildings, to the small textured bumps at the start of crosswalks, to sign language interpreters at big events — most people have probably seen the effects of the Americans with ...

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The California State Assembly recently passed a resolution declaring the second week of October 2010 as Disability History Week. The University of California will observe Disability History Week this ...

The L.S. Skaggs Wellness Center offers supervised wellness programs for community members living with the long-term effects ...

Eureka’s Disability Pride Festival returns for its fourth year Saturday and will include its first Disability Pride parade. An organizer said the celebration, hosted at the Adorni Center this year, is ...