Many people think the word “disability” means people who require a wheelchair or walker. In reality, however, there is much more to disability than meets the eye. Millions of Americans have a chronic ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

A photo illustration with a green background, showing a disabled parking space with the typical adjoining white-painted crosswalk lines, a hand propelling the wheel of a wheelchair, and a person ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. There’s an important question that may get too little ...

A disability can be obvious if you’re blind or use a wheelchair. But there are many less obvious conditions -- including diabetes-- that qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities ...

The Affordable Care Act mandated data collection standards to identify people with disabilities in federal surveys to better understand and address health disparities within this population. Most ...

Learn about disability income insurance, including the types, key features, and factors affecting premiums. Discover how to ...

Using data from the Census Bureau, accessiBe identified the prevalence of six different kinds of disabilities in the United States. - Photo Illustration by accessiBe // Canva Using data from the ...