Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities — guaranteeing equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, and ...

Former President George H.W. Bush speaks at the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act; The Disability Pride flag.

The Disability and Culture Mini-Museum in Denver preserves the history of the disability rights movement sparked by the 1978 protest for accessible buses.

Explore the hidden history of Denver's disability rights movement and the brave 'Gang of 19' who demanded change for accessible public transportation.

We’ll speak with Dara Baldwin, author of the new book, To Be a Problem: A Black Woman’s Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement. Dara is an activist, scholar, and author with over twenty ...

The Department of Energy Is Quietly Slashing Disability Rights “If we don’t put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.” ...

A feature film is in the works about a prominent activist known as the “mother of the disability rights movement.” Apple Original Films said it is making a movie about Judy Heumann who was ...

Disability Rights NJ, a legal advocacy group, scaled back services after federal funding delays, then got better news. Its future remains uncertain.

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), and 80 other disability rights, civil rights, and public health organizations sent a letter to Secretary of ...

Omobola Tolu-Kusimo reports. The support from organisations like the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is playing a transformative role in mobilising grassroots disability rights movements worldwide.

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they've fought for rights before and won.