In Ruderman v. Liberty Mut. Grp., Inc., No. 21-817, 2022 WL 244086 (2d Cir. Jan. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that reclassification of a claimant’s disability from ...

There is no universally endorsed standard for defining disability status. An analysis by the NCHS published in 2021 used 2011–12 NHIS data to compare responses and disability classifications between ...

With over 4,500 athletes from more than 160 countries set to compete from Wednesday, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics will be one of the most diverse in the event’s history. Unlike the Olympics, in which ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly characterized special education enrollment figures for Kansas. The state’s decrease from 56,328 students in 2005 to 55,834 students in 2008 was ...

A new study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers. A new ...

When a Committee on Special Education (CSE) classifies a child as a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the committee must place the student within one of ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Test scores for students with learning disabilities improve after they are classified into special education, and the gains are greatest for students who entered special education before they reached ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act always considers bipolar disorder a disability. However, the Social Security Administration sometimes does not. Bipolar disorder can cause significant shifts in ...