The U.S. Census Bureau says it received thousands of comments after proposing major changes to the way it counts the number of Americans with disabilities and is deciding whether to finalize the plan.

About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be ...

Every year, the United States Census Bureau conducts the American Community Survey to capture up-to-date information on people’s experiences on everything from employment rates to housing costs. And ...

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 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is proposing changes to how it assesses disabilities, leading to concerns from advocates who say they were not adequately consulted on a significant overhaul in federal ...

The U.S. Census Bureau says it will hold off on changes to the way it determines the number of Americans with disabilities that advocates warned could lead to a severe undercount. Census Bureau ...

The Affordable Care Act mandated data collection standards to identify people with disabilities in federal surveys to better understand and address health disparities within this population. Most ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has put the brakes on a controversial proposal that would change how it counts people with disabilities. Critics of the proposed change argue that it could underestimate the ...

If an injury or medical condition makes you unable to work, you may be eligible for Social Security disability payments. The Social Security Administration provides benefits to disabled individuals ...

Q: Why are some people able to get Social Security income earlier than others? A: Generally, Social Security benefits are paid to eligible workers, and their families, based on the workers' earnings.

The disability community is a growing political constituency, and the debates have yet to really address policy priorities affecting the 57 million people in this community. A man pushes a woman in a ...

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on a PIL filed by the Javed Abidi Foundation, questioning the exclusion of questions on ...