https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers have explored the characteristics of people with disabilities who have achieved success in the workplace. The gap was found to be smaller among women, married people, individuals with higher educational achievement, Asians, and Hispanics, and people in their 20s and 60s. These findings can inform efforts to develop policies and practices that will narrow the persistent gap in employment between people with and without disabilities. The article, "Individual characteristics and the disability employment gap" appears in a special issue of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-links-individual-characteristics-disability-employment.html Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:45:18 EDT news357410712 More than two-thirds of American adults with disabilities are "striving to work," according to a national employment survey being released just before the landmark legislation protecting their rights turns 25. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-survey-americans-disabilities.html Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:29:33 EDT news352466966 A new study finds that most U.S. adults fail to meet recommended daily levels of 10 key nutrients, and those with disabilities have even worse nutrition than average. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-poor-nutrition-disabled-worst.html Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:49:23 EDT news333283754 Nearly 20 percent of Americans have a disability, yet only 25 percent of medical schools include in their curricula caring for people with disabilities. Numerous reports have documented that people with disabilities have poorer health and receive inferior care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-physician-stigma-patients-disabilities.html Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:45:30 EDT news331911922 In the world of special education, transition is the move from school to adult life. For most of us that move can be awkward, but for people with disabilities—particularly autism—it is especially complex. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-future-people-autism.html Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:27:28 EDT news328343237 (Medical Xpress)—While leisure activities are essential to physical and emotional well-being and quality of life – they also can be very stressful for people with disabilities, a new study suggests. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-leisure-stressful-adults-disabilities.html Tue, 20 May 2014 08:20:02 EDT news319791740 (HealthDay)—In 2013, 4.3 million seniors and people with disabilities saved an estimated $3.9 billion on prescription drugs, an increase from the 2012 savings, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-cms-medicare-beneficiaries-39b-meds.html Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:30:01 EDT news315641373 (HealthDay)—Children's attitudes toward people with disabilities improve when kids have more contact with them, according to a new study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-kids-attitudes-disabled-people-contact.html Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:05 EDT news296991072 A Victorian study examining the experiences of young people with a disability as they transition out of state care has detailed the lack of post-care accommodation and support. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-state-leavers.html Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:12:12 EDT news289462325 Historic legal rulings did not protect the rights of persons with disabilities, while legal rulings concerned with race or gender provided much more protection of individual rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Queen's University PhD student Christopher A. Riddle has determined in a recent study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-rights-people-disabilities.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:43 EST news246718354