Activists participate in a Section 504 demonstration on April 5, 1977, in front of San Francisco City Hall. This demonstration, one of a number held around the country, occurred hours before activists ...

"I kind of feel like we've stepped backwards a bit": Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins It was an unusually hot Monday in March and the cherry blossoms had already bloomed in Washington, D.C. A group of ...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an update to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Tuesday, fortifying support for Americans with disabilities. It is the first time the regulation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. Many people are still not aware of SSDI, or that they are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Latinx stories and DEI in business & marketing. During a ceremony on the White House's South Lawn, US President ...

The Trump administration proposed cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say DOJ pushed ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as a disability if it affects an individual’s ability to do essential daily activities, such as work. OCD is a ...

Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka, who passed away at 79, devoted his life to protecting vital legal safeguards for people ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

As part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to remake the federal workforce, several directives have been issued to terminate recently hired employees and gut entire agencies. Many federal workers ...

Disability rights groups argue that a new guardianship law creates a two-tier system that strips people with intellectual ...

A group that advocates for people with disabilities filed a Voting Rights Act lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Louisiana to block a slate of new laws that target absentee voting. The four laws ...