Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that all medical schools specifically train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they’re hitting ...

Psychiatrists are often some of the main providers of care for people with autism and intellectual disability, but new research finds that many of these specialists have little training to meet the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 14—MIDLAND — The 2024 IDD (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) Training co-hosted by The United Way of Midland and ...

More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

Organizations need to be aware of the ways the novel coronavirus is affecting all employees, particularly those who may be part of a protected class, and people with disabilities are no exception. The ...

Doctors in the U.S. have reported feeling unprepared to care for people with disabilities and have revealed significant negative bias about this population, according to previous research. A ...

English learners who are also identified as students with disabilities experience unique needs in K-12 schools—and their teachers need specialized, interdisciplinary training, experts say. This ...

Missouri first responders may now receive free training for incidents involving people with disabilities. The Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council and Niagara University are cooperating to ...

Since 2019, Media Trust has partnered with the BBC’s 50:50 The Equality Project on various initiatives to tackle the under-representation of disability in the media, both on screen and behind the ...

Only 13% of workplaces have disability-specific inclusion initiatives, according to the Society for Human Resource Management in D.C. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/spukkato) For the first time ever, Equal ...