If an employee wears glasses, has high blood pressure or was once diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, is he or she disabled? Based on recent amendments to California’s disability legislation, ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) provides certain protections for employees and applicants with a “disability,” as defined by the ADA. The ADA defines a “disability” to include: An actual ...

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

About 1% of all disability claims are selected for a quality assurance review, which is a procedure that the Social Security Administration initiates to ...

The case is a reminder of the contours of ADA’s disability definition. Per U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance, the law defines disability as a physical or mental health impairment ...

The historical nature of the Disability Economy post World War II has always been seen through the lens of a needs economy often referring to legacy products such as crutches, wheelchairs, hearing ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and O’Hanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is ...

Colorado finally has some good news for people diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. On Aug. 1, the state of Colorado adopted a new rule for defining developmental disability. Historically, the ...

I have four grandchildren, three of whom have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. At different times, they have had Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), legally binding documents under the ...

Under Senate Bill 43, a new law that recently took effect in San Diego County, law enforcement officers and medical professionals can detain a person with a diagnosed mental illness or substance use ...