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Selma remembers ADAThis month marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, a US civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of disability.Actress Selma Blair battles MS, and on her Instagram this week,…

BOSTON - Lawyers for people with mental illness and people with disabilities lined up Monday afternoon to urge a legislative committee to again reject laws that would allow court-ordered outpatient treatment programs for people with severe…

Lawyers for people with mental illness and people with disabilities lined up Monday afternoon to urge a legislative committee to again reject laws that would allow court-ordered outpatient treatment programs for people…

Hawaii residents with mental illness so severe and persistent that they do not even realize they need help may be instructed by a judge to seek outpatient treatment. But since Hawaii Revision of the law on the treatment of…

The state of California is adjusting its priority levels for COVID-19 vaccinations to allow faster administration of the vaccine to those under 65 who have high-risk conditions or disabilities that make them more susceptible to the effects…

The Northern Correctional Institution's use of solitary confinement and cell restraints discriminates against prisoners with mental illness, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday seeking to end these practices.The federal lawsuit filed by…

2.5kviews Visual perception in Alzheimer’s disease by Ángel Martínez We can begin this article by agreeing that the most common form of onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by an early and prominent deterioration of episodic…

Editor's note: Though BuzzFeed News style guide uses people-first language in writing about disability, in this post, we have deferred to the authors’ preferred identity-first language.…

Employees who fake coronavirus-related illnesses to become unemployed - although this is rare - could lose their jobs and face criminal prosecution. Additionally, companies may have to take costly steps to clean up the job site and track…