A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Oct 14, 2019, 12:17pm EDT Oct 14, 2019, 07:23pm EDT This ...

If you've opted into your company's group disability insurance, it may be less coverage than you think, experts say. You'll need to check how much income is protected, the policy's definition of ...

Disability insurance should be a key part of your overall financial planning. Insurance is designed to cover losses that are too big to cover with your own out-of-pocket funds. Life insurance provides ...

Radical technologies around the world may soon overhaul the field of disability and immobility, which affects in some way more than a billion people around the world. MIT bionics designer Hugh Herr, ...

Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and O’Hanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is ...

Mobility is the ability to move. A disability is the result of an impairment that affects a person’s ability to carry out tasks. For example, a person may find it difficult to walk very far due to ...

As many employment lawyers are now well aware, determining what is and what is not a "disability" under the applicable laws can be a litigation minefield. With the enactment of the ADA Amendments Act ...

If an employee wears glasses, has high blood pressure or was once diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, is he or she disabled? Based on recent amendments to California’s disability legislation, ...

Social Security employees are often asked about our disability programs. Disability insurance is an important part of the income protection that every worker and his or her family has under Social ...