Public schools could, and often did, force students with disabilities into separate classes regardless of their abilities. Businesses were not usually accessible to them, and employers could refuse to ...

Empire State University hosted an interactive theater game tonight, inspired by the historic San Francisco 504 Sit-Ins of ...

the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was the culmination of decades of progress for disabilities rights. The movement began as an outshoot of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, gained ...

Disability accommodations made it possible for me to become a professor and are vital to the success of many of my disabled students and colleagues.

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

Saturday’s rally was organized in response to the Republican-led House budget resolution targeting $880 billion in cuts to ...

Helmed by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, the film traces the origins of the disability rights movement and, according to Anderson, helped bring much-needed attention to the fight for inclusion ...