More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

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Caring for someone with disability is a complex and demanding task. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show this role is increasingly being undertaken by people who have disability ...

People with disabilities continue to face major barriers when seeking oral health care, according to new research that ...

As more retirees live longer, greater access to human-intensive care is needed, while the supply of caregivers can’t keep up ...

While accessing health care is hard for rural residents, it’s even harder if they have disabilities, new research finds.

Alice (not her full name) has been a direct-support professional for 12 years. Direct-support professionals are paid caregivers who support disabled people, particularly those with intellectual and ...

Patients with disabilities are less likely to feel health care workers treat them respectfully, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more ...

It’s an election year here in the U.S. – and in quite a few other countries as well. Like many if not most Americans, disabled voters in the United States may be struggling to engage, this year ...