Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby Hintze and her friend Kayla Duganan’s daughter, Elena Gomez, 3, play with fridge magnets at her home in Salt Lake City on ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law on July 26, 1990. It declared that inclusion was a civil right, not an afterthought. This past June, at the 35th anniversary of ADA event hosted by ...

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act prevents discrimination against people with disabilities. Retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin was the lead sponsor of the bill. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT TEN. TOMORROW MARKS 35 ...

For this episode of This Month Matters, digital host Tatyana White sat down with Davina Patterson, Executive Director of ...

The White House is pushing back on a long-running lawsuit over its disability accommodations by challenging the right of ...

A local organization celebrated Disability Pride Month outside of the State House on Saturday. The event aimed to help people ...

Since the 1960s, legislation and court decisions have expanded supports and protections for people with disabilities to go to school with nondisabled peers and to live and work in their communities.

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled patients with their peers by providing community or home-based care.

This week on the Disabilities Beat, we share where the phrase comes from, what it means and why it's separate from, but ...