The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a ruling Monday that will make hearing aids available over the counter without a prescription or an appointment. It’s a game-changer for many disabled ...

An ambitious plan to shore up Medicaid home and community-based services nationwide with the largest investment ever in the program has been whittled down to nothing. After more than a year of ...

Discover essential federal and state benefits for families with disabled children, including SSI, Medicaid, and TANF, to ...

On Tuesday, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposal I made in May. I am sure that you probably had no clue that the county took over $3 million of foster children’s survivor ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. On a spring afternoon, Umi Khokhar found herself standing in the hospital room of a patient she had never ...

DEDHAM - A Dedham woman is trying to take the stigma out of disability aids. Noelle Connolly has been living with multiple sclerosis symptoms since she was 17 and was officially diagnosed at 23. "I ...

Students at St. Mary Academy had a powerful lesson in empathy and inclusion without ever opening a textbook.

On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, families of martyrs and persons living with disabilities in Afghanistan have said that the assistance currently provided to them ...