The onset and severity of disability – affecting either physical or mental health – profoundly impacts the lives of people and their families and incurs large economic and societal costs in terms of ...

Educational equity is increasingly recognized as a crucial dimension of life-course epidemiology and public health, given its profound and far-reaching ...

As we start a new decade, we can see hopeful signs of improvement for people with disabilities. At the same time, it’s hard not to notice more negative trends — evidence that in some ways we may be ...

I give a lot of talks to groups of doctors, especially newer doctors such as residents and fellows. Two of the most common questions I get after these talks are what kind of insurance they should get ...

It is with heavy hearts that we remember the life and legacy of Judith "Judy" Heumann (1947-2023), a champion for the rights of disabled people and widely known as "the mother" of disability rights.

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Muhle said her ...

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