Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than one-third of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities have an interaction with the child welfare system ...

Five things healthcare leaders should know: 1. The rule, titled “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities,” is designed to advance equity and ...

New regulations will prohibit health care providers from making treatment decisions based on biases about disabilities and require that accessible exam tables and other medical equipment be more ...

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face difficulty accessing needed organ transplants, but now a bill is moving through Congress that aims to address that disparity. The U.S ...

Colorado's second-highest court reinstated a lawyer's discrimination claim earlier this month against Colorado's attorney ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ratcheted up its focus on disability discrimination in its just-ended fiscal year, with 48 of the 144 suits it filed during the year falling in that ...

Signed into law in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act remains a landmark achievement in civil rights and healthcare accessibility.

An Alabama federal district court granted summary judgment to Hyundai on ADA and FMLA claims by an epileptic production worker, finding that a decision-maker was unaware of her disability or FMLA ...

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A Utah federal district court granted summary judgment to the University of Utah on Rehabilitation Act claims by a professor with stroke disabilities, finding contract non-renewal was due to poor ...

Papa Johns International Inc. has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit for $175,000, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit was originally filed by ...