Cognitive impairment is more common and severe in older adults with MS than in younger patients, but this is driven by ...

Although cognitive impairment and disability likely influence one another, new research indicates that physical disability ...

Visual impairment (VI) is estimated to affect around 1 in 11 US adults aged 65 and older and is associated with an increased risk of falls, social isolation, loss of independence, disability, and ...

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are two federal disability benefits programs that provide monetary assistance for people with disabilities. Both ...

In late January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Summers v. Altarum Institute Corp., No. 13-1645 (4 th Cir. Jan. 23, 2014), that "a sufficiently severe temporary impairment ...

Last week, with the backing of big business groups, organized labor, and disability rights groups, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

For women, the effects of unrecognized disability often surface through interrupted education, challenges navigating ...