The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It was passed into law in 1991 and guarantees equal rights ...

The symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) can vary. People with MS symptoms that prevent them from working and doing other everyday tasks can often qualify for disability benefits and services. Multiple ...

Patients with aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) are at increased risk of rapid accrual of disability and disease progression, so early detection is critical The window of opportunity for treating ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

Multiple sclerosis progression varies from person to person. The various types of MS progress in different ways, too. Scans and other multiple sclerosis tests don't always tell the whole story about ...

A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we explore the world of disability lawyers. It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.