Throughout history, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been misunderstood and mistreated, from legal sterilization to poor conditions at institutions. People with ...

Jaipreet Virdi was living and teaching in Canada, where she had grown up and earned her doctorate in the history of science, technology and medicine, when she found out about a job opening on the ...

When politicians debate disability benefits today, the arguments can sound distinctly modern. Concerns about rising welfare ...

A few years ago, curriculum specialist Richard Cairn showed a photo from the World War II era to two young men he was working with on a campaign to promote teaching disability history. The image shows ...

Building a more inclusive future means understanding why certain groups were absent in history. kyotokushige/DigitalVision via Getty Images Jennifer Erkulwater is a ...

Discover how Stacey Park Milbern’s teenage experiences shaped her identity and sparked a lifelong commitment to disability justice. Hear from Stacey’s father Joel Milbern about how a pivotal youth ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: Every year, December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities or World Disability Day. The day is meant to promote ...

One in four U.S. adults (61 million) has some type of disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) offers federal protection for these individuals to prohibit employers from discriminating ...

Thirty years after the passage of the A.D.A., a Times project featuring more than two dozen articles looks at the many facets of the law’s impact and the work that still lies ahead. By Amisha Padnani ...