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.

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 ...

Disability advocates say the change would artificially reduce their numbers by almost half. At stake are not only whether people with disabilities get vital resources for housing, schools or program ...

While the proposal may be better for scientific research, the questions, if approved, will be adapted with the needs of agencies and not people with disabilities in mind, Andrew Houtenville, research ...

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 ...

Amid fears that the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), due to commence from July 2023, could be dropping questions on disability from its survey questionnaire, disability rights activists are ...