The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced the agency will transition the processing of medical Continuing ...

The Social Security Administration will centralize disability benefit reviews nationwide, a major shift aimed at improving accountability, speeding decisions, and reducing backlogs for millions of ...

It’s not black and white, and it shouldn’t be red or blue, either. When I first started my position at the University of Illinois at Chicago back in 1997, I was a faculty member in a newly formed ...

HandicapMD launches 100% online medical evaluations for Connecticut disability placards, allowing residents to complete ...

People with disabilities can face barriers that affect their standard of healthcare. Improving the healthcare experience for those with disabilities can help remove these barriers. For people with ...

As per law, medical professionals must offer full access to medical services without discrimination on the basis of disability. Understanding your rights can help you get the care you need. Share on ...

There cannot be a good disability determination process without considering equity. It is dangerous, in some ways, to marginalize equity issues as something separate as opposed to being integral to ...

A new effort is underway to dramatically expand training on intellectual and developmental disabilities at the nation’s medical schools. The health insurance company Elevance Health is putting up ...

Medically reviewed by Marisa Garshick, MD Severe hidradenitis suppurativa may qualify as a disability if symptoms prevent you ...

Disability often framed as a ‘problem’ in medical school curriculum for doctors to diagnose, treat Negative ideas about disability have a direct, negative effect on workforce diversity in medicine ...

The workshop’s final session was a discussion moderated by Elham Mahmoudi, planning committee member and associate professor of health economics at the University of Michigan. The final panelists were ...