Workers with disabilities are pursuing a class action suit alleging that they are being discriminated against by the unlikeliest of employers: the Social Security Administration.

A California couple is accused of defrauding their school district and health insurer, all in what they say was an effort to secure the best services for their child with autism.

A first-of-its-kind look at disability employment released Wednesday indicates that just 1 in 5 people with disabilities are employed and they’re disproportionately working part-time.

Families living in wealthy neighborhoods are filing more claims for private school reimbursement than those living elsewhere in the nation’s largest school district.

Unemployment grew sharply among Americans with disabilities in July as the job situation remained largely steady for the rest of the population.

The president signed legislation Thursday designed to close a funding loophole threatening the nation’s independent living centers, which offer services to those with disabilities.

An Indiana man with autism says the state illegally cuts his Medicaid benefits anytime his food stamp allocation increases. And he’s probably not alone.

As heat waves roll across the country, an on-campus Baskin-Robbins is bringing students with disabilities at one California school relief.

For a growing number of adults with high functioning autism, securing a job is proving to be a steep hurdle, but it’s not for lack of qualifications.

Mounting therapy costs are forcing an Oklahoma family to leave the state after their efforts to pass a law mandating insurance coverage of autism treatments failed.

Human error is leading Social Security to overpay or underpay a significant number of beneficiaries with disabilities, an inspector general’s report indicates.

School districts across the country have claimed less than half the federal stimulus money allocated for special education as the program reaches its midpoint.