A group of disability advocates is charging that Facebook is turning a blind eye to profiles and pages on the social network that they say are offensive to people with disabilities.

Parents are fuming after finding out that a special education teacher posted comments online that appear to demean her students with disabilities.

In an effort to help more people with disabilities land jobs, officials at the Labor Department said Tuesday that states can compete for a share of roughly $20 million in new federal funds.

As some states weigh trimming services for individuals with disabilities, an increasing number of families are choosing to relocate in search of greater supports.

Congress is moving forward with efforts to renew key autism legislation, but some advocates aren’t happy charging that a proposal this week does nothing more than maintain the status quo.

The founder of a controversial school for those with disabilities that uses electric shocks will resign and begin five years of probation under an agreement with prosecutors.

Jane Lynch of Fox’s “Glee” is speaking out against use of the word “retard” in a hard-hitting public service announcement that’s airing on broadcast networks and cable channels nationally.

The brains of individuals across the autism spectrum are strikingly similar to each other, yet they look dramatically different from those of typically developing people, researchers say.

A new program will offer people with developmental disabilities the option to have remotely monitored cameras installed in their homes as an alternative to traditional in-person supports.

The head of the Social Security Administration is admitting that there are serious problems with a program his agency oversees that provides benefits to children with disabilities.

Advocates are scratching their heads after Massachusetts spent $16 million last year to care for just 14 residents at a state institution for those with developmental disabilities.

A West Virginia eighth-grader with spina bifida became the star of her school dance last weekend when she brought along a special date: a newly minted NFL player.

For the first time in over a decade the CDC is releasing data on the number of children with developmental disabilities, reporting that diagnoses have grown significantly since the 1990s.

The iPad is all the rage among those working to help kids with disabilities learn to communicate. Now research is starting to back up the practice.

The federal government is suing an employment agency with offices across the country after a man with Asperger’s syndrome was denied a job shortly after disclosing his disability.