If an employee wears glasses, has high blood pressure or was once diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, is he or she disabled? Based on recent amendments to California’s disability legislation, ...

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

The historical nature of the Disability Economy post World War II has always been seen through the lens of a needs economy often referring to legacy products such as crutches, wheelchairs, hearing ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

The case is a reminder of the contours of ADA’s disability definition. Per U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance, the law defines disability as a physical or mental health impairment ...

Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and O’Hanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is ...

New Jersey Appellate Division decision finds employee suspected of contracting COVID-19 failed to assert a perceived disability claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Decision shows ...

Under Senate Bill 43, a new law that recently took effect in San Diego County, law enforcement officers and medical professionals can detain a person with a diagnosed mental illness or substance use ...

I have four grandchildren, three of whom have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. At different times, they have had Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), legally binding documents under the ...

When I look at disabilities, I refuse to see those life circumstances exclusively as challenges. In lives touched by disability, each person creates meaning in their own way. I see disabilities as ...