I have had a disability since I was 4 months old. I grew up in an environment where disability was something to be managed privately, without open conversation. When other children asked me as a child ...

The Crockett Resource Center for Independent Living’s (CRCIL) Independent Living (IL) Services Program helps people with disabilities achieve greater independence in the home and community.

The 1960s marked the beginning of the disability rights movement, with Berkeley at its forefront. Now, six decades later, the Center for Independent Living, or CIL, continues efforts, including the ...

The story of a Black Panther Party member and founder of the East Oakland Center for Independent Living, who had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair. Explore Brad Lomax’s under-reported ...

MANSFIELD, P.a. (WETM)— The month of March is National Developmental Disabilities Month, a month dedicated to raising ...

When Peter Cronis was 8 years old, he was sent to live in a state institution. Cronis has arthrogryposis — which limits his body movements — and a severe form of scoliosis. He uses a wheelchair to get ...

Montana and eight other states filed an amended complaint targeting certain disability rights on Jan. 23. In the lawsuit, ...

Texas is leading a group of states that claim part of the Americans with Disabilities Act is unconstitutional, which disability advocates warn could lead more people into institutional care settings.