In the past, the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s disability language style guide prioritized the use of person-first language — advising language like “person with a disability,” for ...

Beneath the bureaucracy that makes the NDIS harder to access lurks a long-established discourse of “deservingness” — the ...

"I wanted the world to know that this topic exists and I wanted to reframe it into something positive." Having a physical disability has impacted Dr. Sheypuks' dating life, and her view on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Where can people with disabilities and their families turn ...

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) protects students with conditions that impede normal life functions from discrimination (The American Psychological Association's Summary can be found here). ...

You've got a good, secure job. You enjoy your work, your colleagues, even your commute. Then you become disabled. How do you manage the business of your disability at work? Disabilities are not rare.

Navigating the world with a less immediately obvious or visible disability often means advocating for yourself, educating others, and learning as you go. The world wasn’t designed for disabled people, ...

Awkward silences beg to be filled. Sometimes it’s best to let them be, but these days it seems like we all feel compelled to share what insights we have on difficult and painful events, even if we don ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, My daughter was born ...

Disabled people are being let down by a disability aids market plagued by faulty products and poor service, Citizens Advice has warned. The charity said it helped someone with a complaint about a ...

Traveling internationally can be a daunting idea for many people for a variety of reasons: pricing, long travel times, language barriers and more. But for people with disabilities, traveling ...