The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of ...

The Department of Education will shift two of its major departments, civil rights and special education programs, to other ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is opposed to moving ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled ...

A quiet legal memo inside the Justice Department has set off loud alarms among disability advocates, who say it threatens ...

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an ...

Rose covers disability and mental health, and she helps write STAT’s daily Morning Rounds newsletter. Confidential tips can be sent to Rose on Signal at rosebroderick.11. The Trump administration ...

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive ...

Under the Trump administration, the department has now struck 14 agreements offloading its responsibilities to other federal ...

The guardianship system in this country raises serious concerns. That's why the guardianship trial of Jenny Hatch, a vibrant and active 29-year-old in a battle over who controls her life, struck such ...

Congress Let an Important Disability Rights Program Expire — Now People Are Trapped In Institutions Congress Let an Important Disability Rights Program Expire — Now People Are Trapped In Institutions ...

On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders of the ...