Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edward Mitchell is 34 years old and lives in Jackson, Tennessee, with a spinal cord injury caused by a hit-and-run accident that ...

Severe weather can pose added risks for people living with disabilities. A UAB expert shares practical preparedness tips — ...

Mass firings at a federal agency supporting community living efforts for people with disabilities are fueling concerns that funding will be disrupted and programs could be forced to close. Nearly 50% ...

Last month, I spent days sobbing quietly in the bathroom. I was low on medical supplies for my daily catheterizations—and worse—low on income, desperate to figure out how I was going to swing it.

As we all know, life has no shortage of personal challenges and disasters, some relatively small, such as a minor accident, some major, such as a serious illness or disability. As we have discussed in ...

Disability insurance costs between 1% and 3% of your income per year, but could cover about 60% of your income if you can't ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A bill to adjust the cost-of-living compensation for veterans who use disability funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs has been sent to the President for his signature.

BEING disabled isn’t a major setback for Ivory Duncan-Ragbeer, who is a people person. Coupled with a pleasant personality ...

Bruce Hammer was 32 and a championship motorcycle racer when he crashed his bike and severed his spinal cord. During the rehabilitation process, doctors told him what his future would bring. "They ...

The government acknowledges the current market-based model isn’t working. So what changes are ahead for disability accommodation?