Disabled isn't a bad word. That's the message writer Melissa Blake wants to send this Disability Pride Month as she advocates to change people's misconceptions about people with disabilities. "So ...

Woman with Disability Recalls Being 'Shocked' When Chair Lift Repairman Used the Word 'Deadweight' (Exclusive) “Disabled humans are humans beyond their disability,” Anna Sweeney tells PEOPLE By ...

While it isn't disabled people's responsibility to educate people without disabilities about the nuances of living with a disability, progress is made through dialogue, she says.

The "r" word began appearing in the early 1960s as a medical term to describe those with intellectual disabilities, according to non-profit The Arc, but it grew into "a cruel insult."While not ...

An estimated 42.5 million "noninstitutionalized" Americans live with disabilities, according to 2021 Census data. A National Trends in Disability Employment report from the Kessler Foundation ...