Complaints of disability discrimination in the nation’s schools are at their highest level in six years, the U.S. Department of Education says. A newly released annual report shows that the agency’s ...

Monday’s argument in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. Two ...

A former Framingham paraprofessional is suing the school district for $1 million, alleging discrimination based on her race ...

New York-based Achilles International, a nonprofit that helps connect people with disabilities to athletic opportunities, is being sued in a district court by a former employee for disability ...

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating a former student’s allegations of discrimination and retaliation by Brown University on the basis of their disability status, ...

New regulations will prohibit health care providers from making treatment decisions based on biases about disabilities and require that accessible exam tables and other medical equipment be more ...

An “urgent need for systemic change” to address disability-based discrimination has been highlighted by the executive officer of the Human Rights Commission in her annual report. Lisa Reed said that ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Walmart Inc., saying the company violated federal law by allegedly refusing to accommodate an ...

US civil rights law protects all workers, including white men. Here’s how discrimination claims work and what federal law ...