March 21st witnessed Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria (DSFN) celebrate the annual World Down Syndrome Day, a day which was selected by the General Assembly of the United Nation to signify the ...

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Tracking nearly 30,000 older Americans over eight years, researchers show that long-term exposure to common air pollutants may not only raise the risk of physical decline but also reduce the chances ...

Coauthored by Kate Copeland and Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D. Source: Justin Katigbak / Disabled and Here / Creative Commons attribution license Imagine waking up every day knowing that you’ll have to ...

Disney's Disability Access Service (DAS) allows guests who cannot wait in a conventional queue to wait elsewhere. Changes last year specify DAS is for guests with developmental disabilities like ...

The Games Done Quick (GDQ) community regularly celebrates the art of speedrunning while raising money for different charities. Last year’s Awesome Games Done Quick event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...

Elisabeth Axel said growing up in Port Washington, she was the quintessential "Long Island girl." Axel danced and played sports. Then, in middle school, she was diagnosed with encephalitis, a ...

Schools across the country face increasing threats, but many students with disabilities don’t have a way to evacuate. By Sonia A. Rao Sonia A. Rao covers disability issues. She reported from ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

John McFall is set to become the first astronaut with a disability to head to the International Space Station after completing more than a year of intensive training. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez has a ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, which for decades has ...

John McFall is set to become the first astronaut with a disability to head to the International Space Station after completing more than a year of intensive training. The Paralympic medalist and ...