O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for ...

For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide ...

Hochul has previously defended the transition, calling it a much-needed reform. A spokesperson for the governor said this ...

Isaac Schreier of Ankeny, Iowa, shows how he uses his specialized wheelchair to get around when he has broken bones from a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta. His parents, Maria and Jake ...

PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many ...

Zary Amirhosseini came to the U.S. in 1979 when she was a child. Born in Iran with severe scoliosis, her family couldn’t find a specialist to perform the surgery she needed. “A lot of people with ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. When politicians frame disability rights as “extras,” they erase the people who ...

(New York) – Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, is the 2025/2026 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human ...

Washington, D.C. leaders are mourning the loss of a "fierce champion" for disability rights, Mathew McCollough.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the death on social media Sunday evening, saying McCollough served with dedication and ...