The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial ...

Talking With Children About Prognosis: The Decisions and Experiences of Mothers With Metastatic Cancer In a prospective cohort of participants newly diagnosed with advanced NSCLC and beginning ...

The Disability Discrimination Act remains one of Australia’s most important human rights laws, but for it to protect people ...

This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities centres on “fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

We live in a world shaped by the stories we tell — about ourselves, about others, and about what it means to live a good life. But when society tells only one story about disability — that it is a ...

Think about your underlying assumptions about disability. What causes disability? What are the sources of and solutions to disability-related challenges? Experts categorize ways of thinking about ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have increasing flexibility to provide nonmedical services to support older adults aging in place in the community. However, prior research has suggested that enrollees ...