The number of special education students in New York City public schools is rising at a staggering rate, increasing by some 18,000 students this year alone.

A haphazard attempt by Washington, D.C. school officials to return special education students to public schools from private placements is leaving parents feeling angry and left out.

Stephen Wampler can’t walk, but that’s not stopping the 41-year-old with cerebral palsy from climbing El Capitan, a towering 3,000 foot granite formation.

A Senate committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in some parts of federal government.

In three separate actions Tuesday, the Justice Department called out a handful of states for allegedly failing to provide community living options for residents with disabilities.

Students in an innovative high school physics class are using their knowledge to offer individuals with disabilities access to everything from gardening tools to video games.

A new collection of videotaped oral histories is putting the spotlight on leaders of the disability self-advocacy movement.

Amid worries about autism, delaying or forgoing childhood vaccines has become increasingly popular, but a new study suggests this practice has little merit.

The Senate is expected to consider a measure this week to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in some areas of federal government.

British authorities stripped the doctor whose research first suggested a link between autism and vaccines of his medical license Monday.

Since winning Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary this week, tea party activist Rand Paul is causing a stir by criticizing federal disability and civil rights laws.

A Chicago-area photographer gave cameras to 19 kids with the developmental disability. Now their work is the basis for a gallery show.

Medicaid in-home care services are proving an easy place for lawmakers to cut, but the changes are putting some residents with disabilities in a tough spot.

Parents of children with autism are no more likely to divorce than parents of typically developing children, a first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday indicates.

A French family will likely be forced to leave their home in Canada due to the costs their daughter’s cerebral palsy could impose on the country’s medical system.