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Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress’ Disability Justice Initiative highlights the urgent need for disability and reproductive rights and equity organizations to ...

Private equity firms are increasingly investing in services for young people with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities with potentially troubling consequences, a new report warns. The ...

It is not always clear that disability is included in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) initiatives and though schools and many organizations have made efforts to create fair, open, ...

Disability is a fact of life; it is not rare or marginal. One in four adults in the United States has a disability. That means a significant number of students on campus navigate their days as people ...

The 504 Democratic Club began 40 years ago and continues to push for equity for the disability community in New York City. Led by Mike Schweinsburg, the club works with officials and civil rights ...

Federal officials are concerned about increasing private equity investment in home and community-based services and other offerings for people with disabilities and they want the public to weigh in.

This year, the United States will celebrate 29 years of civil-rights progress under the Americans With Disabilities Act. And yet the more than 56 million Americans with physical, sensory, mental, ...

For years, the National Institutes of Health has funded research on health inequities faced by racial, gender and other underserved communities. But one notable group was left out: people with ...