A state committee tasked with evaluating New Hampshire’s disability care system has launched a formal review and scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss the system in the wake of reports of ...

Three in 10 LGBTQ+ youth have at least one formally diagnosed disability, making them particularly vulnerable to in-school victimization and exclusion, according to a new report. The 2024 Disabled ...

The major challenges faced by persons with intellectual disability generally is the problem of stereotyping. Disability Stereotyping bears when the society make assumptions, often times wrongly, about ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's health agency and a nonprofit defending people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have reached an agreement that could resolve a lawsuit seeking action ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...

The Human Rights Commission has welcomed the island’s adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, it also advised that more must be done to stamp out ...

Armenia’s appeals court on November 19 significantly weakened protections against disability-based discrimination and further restricted access to justice for people undergoing disability assessment.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child as it drafts General Comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and ...