Families of children with disabilities have a nearly doubled likelihood of experiencing financial hardships versus families of children without disabilities, according to a research letter published online April 24 in JAMA ...
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Many residents admitted to long-term care homes become severely disabled within five years, and live in states where they are unable to make everyday decisions for themselves.
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Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of 65 experiencing insomnia symptoms. In a new study, researchers in the Penn State College of Health ...
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Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing health care—and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges.
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The Trump administration has removed 11 guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a new report says.
Apr 9, 2025
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A Cleveland Clinic-led clinical trial of tolebrutinib, an investigational oral Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a group of drugs originally developed to treat lymphomas and related blood disorders, demonstrated a 31% delay ...
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April 1 marks National Caregivers Day in Canada. The day is meant to recognize the caregivers who provide vital care and support to those in need.
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Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He has also run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many people with disabilities from holding full-time ...
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Evidence relating to barriers to and facilitators of clinical preventive service use in people with disabilities is limited, according to a review published online March 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Researchers in the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education have published a new study that provides unique insights into how emotional well-being is evaluated among individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.
An individual may also qualify as disabled if he/she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm. Such impairments may include physical, sensory, and cognitive or developmental disabilities. Mental disorders (also known as psychiatric or psychosocial disability) and various types of chronic disease may also qualify as disabilities.
Some advocates object to describing certain conditions (notably deafness and autism) as "disabilities", arguing that it is more appropriate to consider them developmental differences that have been unfairly stigmatized by society.
A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth.
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