The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

The ABC is reporting how terminally ill patients are being left in limbo as the states and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) argue over disability supports. The reports share the experiences of Australians with brain tumours and highlight the distress of getting a diagnosis, as well as the lack…

APPSC to implement 4% horizontal reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities from 2023-24; 1% each for blindness/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, locomotor disability, leprosy-cured dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy, autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, mental illness & multiple disabilities. Candidates should update their status on APPSC website before…

Roughly 1.8 million businesses in the U.S. are owned by someone with a disability, according to the American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau

Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes

The former New Zealand fly-half is helping to launch a partnership between Golf Ireland and ISPS Handa.

A man has been charged with murder and the NDIS Commission has launched an internal investigation over an alleged attack at a group home in WA.

Sophie Morgan ‒ travel writer, author, TV presenter and disability rights advocate ‒ salutes the innovation of much-needed improvements for disabled travellers

The government and the Greens have agreed to a review of the significant cost threshold. It is the backbone of Australia’s migration health requirement, which all applicants for Australian visas are required to meet.