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A federal court in New York recently construed the meaning of a total disability definition where the insurance policy language includes residual disability coverage. The January 3, 2020 decision came ...

"Chronic conditions" and "disability" are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we're treated and how we feel about ourselves. Although definitions serve an ...

“I had a broken leg once, so I know what it’s like to have a disability.” Well, maybe … sort of. In an effort to identify and connect with disabled people, non-disabled people sometimes feel moved to ...

A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

Disability can blindside you at any age. A 22-year-old barista with long Covid, a 40-year-old warehouse worker with a wrecked back, a 68-year-old cancer survivor who can’t keep up full-time hours ...

In response to questions from employers and employees alike regarding when COVID-19 constitutes a disability for purposes of the nondiscrimination and reasonable accommodations provisions of the ...

The case is a reminder of the contours of ADA’s disability definition. Per U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance, the law defines disability as a physical or mental health impairment ...