Patients with disabilities report lower satisfaction in health care interactions, particularly in understanding complex information and feeling respected. Disparities exist in perceived respect and ...

British workers who are sensitive to rejection can sue for disability discrimination, according to a new tribunal judgment. Employees in the UK can sue for discrimination under employment law if they ...

A major challenge in testing new therapies for people with intellectual disability is finding accurate tools to measure whether the intervention or medication works. A new study by researchers at the ...

On June 24 approximately 35 participants in the UN Ad Hoc meeting met to discuss ways to integrate gender sensitive areas of concern into a disability rights convention. Participants represented a ...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) guarantees the human rights of people with disabilities. UN entities and CRPD mandate’s representatives met on the 16th session of the ...

We assessed the effect of continuity of care (COC) on the frequency of hospitalization for Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) to estimate the impact of COC and hearing disability relative to ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...