When one or both prospective partners have a hidden disability, revelation is often made through delayed disclosure because people may fear rejection, stereotypes, and stigma. Regarding the impact of ...

At the same time, everyone wants to be comfortable, at work, school, or socially, and failure to reveal a hidden disability ...

Should they brush it off as just annoying, but predictable comments from people who should probably know but usually don’t? Or, is there more to casual ableism than irritation? And how hard should non ...

July is Disability Pride Month. Like a lot of people with disabilities, I have been trying all month to figure out how I feel about “disability pride” — not so much the emerging, semi-official ...

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...

Disability benefits are available for people with certain types of disabling back pain and their dependents. To qualify, you’ll need supporting evidence like medical records and test results. Share on ...

This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...

A foundational principle of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is that when proper, disabled-accessible facilities are required, created and used in public and private buildings and parking ...

Imagine having a visible disability where you really do need to take advantage of handicap parking spots whenever possible. If you forgot to bring your handicapped placard with you, would you still ...

A 20-something today has a one in four chance of becoming disabled before retirement, according to the Social Security Administration. While Social Security disability benefits can help, the average ...

While alcohol use disorder, formerly called alcoholism, is considered a disability, it may not qualify you for all disability-related benefits by itself. Substance use disorder affects millions of ...