New professional guidance to the nation's pediatricians advises against using a drug in children with autism that many families are clamoring for after it was hyped by federal officials.

Still, workers with disabilities account for only 4.8% of the workforce as a whole and they are more prevalent in lower skill jobs such as maintenance and grounds cleaning, the findings show.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults provide care to loved ones with disabilities or complex medical conditions, but a new report ...

A judge indefinitely blocked the U.S. Department of Education from laying off nearly every staffer in its special education ...

Nearly a month into the federal shutdown, some organizations aiding people with disabilities are starting to scale back ...

As a result, the maximum federal SSI benefit for individuals will reach $994 per month, up from $967 this year. The top ...

The U.S. Department of Education is in talks to move oversight of special education programs to another federal agency.

People with disabilities are poised to see big improvements when traveling by air thanks to a host of changes tucked inside a massive reauthorization of federal aviation programs. The measure signed ...

Few people with Down syndrome have access to doctors specializing in the chromosomal disorder, but a new effort is underway to ensure that physicians nationwide know how to care for this population.