The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for Americans with disabilities. This of course assumes that ...

An awful car accident three decades ago meant partial paralysis, a long hospital stay, a painful rehabilitation and eventual return to walking with an abiding limp for Lisa Smith. Years later, a ...

In 2022, 21.3% of people with disabilities were employed in the United States. While a disability, whether temporary or permanent, can make the process of finding a job somewhat more challenging, it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. After a lengthy medical leave, many are searching for meaningful ...

The number of people with disabilities across the nation who are employed is at its highest level since federal officials started keeping track. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor ...

People with disabilities are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime. Federal funding to bring their abusers to justice is dwindling.

East Hanover, NJ – July 3, 2025 – The latest National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) report shows that the employment of people with disabilities has held steady for several months. At the ...

Greg is a 26-year-old with a hearing disability and above-average intelligence, yet he has been chronically unemployed since he graduated from high-school. Time and again Greg was asked to adapt to ...

VACAVILLE – California stands to gain dozens of new state jobs in November at California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville, but it comes at the cost of cutting those jobs for people with ...

APOPKA, Fla. — If you know an adult with a disability, you understand that finding a job isn’t easy. But a new local initiative is changing that, and supporting this effort could give a significant ...

As divers searched the Potomac River for bodies from the collision of a passenger jet and a military helicopter, President Donald Trump blamed the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity policies ...

I tried to count how many internships I have unsuccessfully applied to in the past 18 months, but I had to stop at 217 because the webpage holding my application history would not refresh any further ...