The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...

The law says if a “child” was disabled before the age of 22, he or she will get disabled adult child, or DAC, benefits.(miodrag ignjatovic / Getty Images) Whenever I see a parent with a disabled child ...

If a disabled person does get married, they risk losing federal benefits such as Supplemental Security Income or Disabled Adult Child, which provide funds they need to live independently with their ...

Whether it’s declaring that blindness prevents government employees from doing their jobs or suggesting that hiring workers with intellectual disabilities contributed to Federal Aviation ...

Disabled people will have the right to try employment without the risk of losing their benefits under plans set to be ...

More than six million Americans with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income. Eligible individuals cannot have more than $2,000 in assets; for married couples, the cap is $3,000 (a 25% ...

Proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate aims to increase Social Security benefits for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities by eliminating the "marriage penalty." The "Eliminating the ...

The changes could affect the financial security of those with disabilities, especially older adults, the Urban Institute's report said. The Social Security Administration could change the job and age ...

The U.S. departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development have worked to usher in ...

Mikey Erhardt, of Disability Rights UK, writes about what must change in politics to build disabled people's trust in 2026.