The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical ...

In a ruling with broad implications, the Supreme Court said unanimously that claims of disability discrimination at schools ...

The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical ...

A new drama focusing on a character with autism who has a unique way of solving crimes is coming to television.

The Trump administration wants to eliminate university centers on developmental disabilities and rethink IDEA funding, but a ...

The vast majority of characters with disabilities on television are played by typically developing actors, according to a new ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging autism rates, but a new analysis finds that ...

Federal officials are holding off on implementing new regulations that were hailed as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with disabilities in a generation.

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement." ...

Teachers unions are seeking to boost paraprofessional pay, which remains so low that workers are struggling to get by in many states. Recent reductions in funding at the NIH are threatening progress ...

States are increasingly struggling to meet their obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with federal officials labeling a growing number of states as deficient multiple ...

President Donald Trump wants to cut $163 billion in federal spending next year, potentially zeroing out key disability programs, some of which are already pausing services because they’re running out ...