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

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we recognize Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law. This ...

A one-of-a-kind museum chronicling disability history is reopening after a five-year hiatus in a new, bigger space that’s hundreds of miles away from its previous home. The Museum of Disability ...

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 ...

Judy Heumann’s death last year was deeply felt in the disability community. Often called “the mother” of the disability rights movement, her activism had a lasting impact on millions of Americans. Yet ...

Disability has a history. The Viscardi Center is shining a light on it. The nonprofit, which supports people with intellectual and physical disabilities, officially opened the nation’s only Museum of ...

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

The disability rights movement is a civil rights movement that works to advocate for and secure equal rights for people with disabilities by breaking down institutional, physical, and social barriers.

Long Island is home to a series of legendary museums. From the Whaling Museum in Cold Spring Harbor to the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale to the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, the ...

A full transcript of the podcast episode is included at the end of this article. Often when Mike Ervin sees other wheelchair users about to board the bus or enter a train station in Chicago, he feels ...