In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy than children. Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still label cerebral palsy as "the most ...

BOSTON-Employers will face one more administrative headache in light of a federal appellate court decision that makes it easier for employees to obtain leave to care for their disabled adult children.

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 ...

Definitions of disability have evolved over time. Consistent with the biopsychosocial model used by the World Health Organization, we conceptualize disability as an interaction between a person’s ...

"Chronic conditions" and "disability" are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we're treated and how we feel about ourselves. Although definitions serve an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Fraser, a patient advocate for people with multiple sclerosis, is seen in this undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - ...

OTTAWA — Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law — and uses the narrower version to ...