As the international symbol for accessibility, a stick figure using a wheelchair has become nearly synonymous with the way our society conceptualizes disability. However, the disabled identity ...

A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Oct 14, 2019, 12:17pm EDT Oct 14, 2019, 07:23pm EDT This ...

My name is Andrew Grossman, and I am Senior Legal Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own, and should not be construed as representing any official ...

Last week, with the backing of big business groups, organized labor, and disability rights groups, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It was passed into law in 1991 and guarantees equal rights ...

Malcolm Gladwell's popularizing of the idea of "Desirable Difficulty" helps to frame the concept of the modern Disability Economy within the daily business conversation (Photo by J. Kempin/Getty ...

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed in 1990, people with disabilities hailed it as a vital weapon in their battle for inclusion and against being shunned by employers. More than three ...

Encinitas parent Sabrina Erwin saw the end of a two-year process this spring when the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights made a finding in favor of her complaint that the San ...

Joey Pagano, of Manlius, is a freelance journalist. He is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications. July is a symbolic month for the disability community. On July ...