About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be ...

Q: Why are some people able to get Social Security income earlier than others? A: Generally, Social Security benefits are paid to eligible workers, and their families, based on the workers' earnings.

The U.S. Census Bureau is proposing changes to how it assesses disabilities, leading to concerns from advocates who say they were not adequately consulted on a significant overhaul in federal ...

Since the early 2000s, a number of US stakeholders have sought to revise the methodology used to measure disability in federal surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS). A key actor in this ...

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 Affordable Care Act mandated data collection standards to identify people with disabilities in federal surveys to better understand and address health disparities within this population. Most ...

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 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced on Tuesday that it will not adopt its proposed revisions on how it collects data on disability in the American Community Survey (ACS), citing concerns raised in public ...

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated... The U.S. Census Bureau is no longer moving forward ...

“Enable: The Disability Podcast” is a new podcast featuring stories of amazing people with disabilities and different ...

Note to Readers: This is an extremely long post that I’m breaking into two parts. Before the jump, is a summary of the controversy involving senate candidate Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter’s (pictured, right) ...