After a successful pilot performance last fall, two more sensory-friendly Broadway shows are planned for this year.

Long maligned for excluding kids with disabilities, a new crop of charter schools is popping up across the country specifically for those with special needs.

In an essay in this week’s Newsweek magazine, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin writes about the joys and challenges of raising a child with special needs.

As unemployment ticked down again in January, new data shows that Americans with disabilities struggled to reap the benefits of an improving job market.

Long thought to be caused by problems at birth, researchers now say that in most cases cerebral palsy may actually originate in a person’s genes much like other developmental disabilities.

Some of New York City’s most prized public schools are strikingly devoid of students with disabilities. Now the city’s top education official is looking to force change.

In at least the third such incident in less than two years, an airline is facing a fine from the U.S. Department of Transportation over complaints filed by passengers with disabilities.

Even as teens with autism use television, computers and other screen-based media more than their peers, new research suggests that they’re shunning some of the Web’s most popular offerings.

For the sixth straight year, charges of job bias based on disability increased in 2011, according to new data from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Beginning this year, the United Nations — and all of its member countries — will set aside a special annual day to recognize Down syndrome.

Many dental professionals are unwilling to accommodate adults with developmental disabilities and the consequences are extending far beyond the mouth.

Four children’s books will be recognized this week for authentically portraying characters with developmental disabilities.

Many doctors accept payments from drug makers for everything from speaking engagements to travel. Now, the federal government is on pace to make such transactions known to the public.

African-American children are traditionally overrepresented in special education. Now, one group is poised to do something about it.

Movie rental giant Redbox is under fire from disability advocates who say the popular kiosks are not fully accessible.