The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 addressed the rights of people with disabilities in their interactions with the federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby Hintze and her friend Kayla Duganan’s daughter, Elena Gomez, 3, play with fridge magnets at her home in Salt Lake City on ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law on July 26, 1990. It declared that inclusion was a civil right, not an afterthought. This past June, at the 35th anniversary of ADA event hosted by ...

When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was ...

Leader of the House of Representatives, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, has decried the non-implementation of the prohibition against persons with disability act by both government agencies and those in the ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled patients with their peers by providing community or home-based care.