From deaf performers leading blockbuster films to wheelchair-using stars earning major awards, many actors with disabilities ...

NEW YORK — The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled.

Atticus Shaffer's career was largely shaped by his time playing Brick Heck on The Middle. When the ABC sitcom aired on Sept. 30, 2009, viewers were immediately charmed by Shaffer's character, who was ...

The actor and director shares his two sons, 22 and 18, with ex-wife, Summer Phoenix Daniele Venturelli/WireImage Casey Affleck directed his sons Indiana and Atticus in his new film Company, premiering ...

Veterans, military advocates and lawmakers gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington to oppose Section 108 of the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act. The provision would change how future VA ...

A first-of-its-kind center for people with disabilities is set to close after cuts to federal funding. Host Peter O'Dowd hears more about the impact from Heather Watkins, an advisory board member for ...

With the expiration of Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian immigrants, families of people with intellectual disabilities are fearful of the consequences for care for their loved ones.

Nancy J. Kate Shaffer passed away peacefully on July 9 in the presence of her husband and three of her best friends after a long battle with complex health issues. Nancy was born on January 24, 1948.

The Justice Department released a new legal opinion Thursday that civil rights experts said represents a significant attack against people with mental, physical and intellectual disabilities who ...

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