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Transplant recipients, cancer patients and millions of other Americans with risk factors feel ignored and abandoned as their neighbors, and their government, seek a return to normal.

Tens of millions more Americans have at least one medical condition, such as asthma or diabetes, that puts them at greater risk from COVID.

Federal health officials say they are not planning on recommending fourth doses any time soon.

Julia Bascom serves as executive director at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the largest national disability rights organization run by and for

Our society thrives on making abnormal individuals “normal.” This is the case with Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy, which is a normalized, widely-accepted form of prejudice against autistic children.

Our society thrives on making abnormal individuals “normal.” This is the case with Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy, which is a normalized, widely-accepted form of prejudice against autistic children.

Share Photo: (Photo : Getty Images: Robertus Pudyanto / Stringer) Disabled people are said to be two to three times more likely to have chronic conditions — such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer — which put them at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. Now, parents await the response of the CDC as they advocate for their disabled children to be vaccinated.  D.C., as well as Maryland, Alabama, and several other states, are leaving out Phase 1a proposals for people with disab...

Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I both have full-time jobs and an 18-month-old son. I am pregnant with our second child, due in February. Since our son was born, my husband seems to have regressed. He has not once helped me at night with our son, and has gotten up with him in the morning to let me sleep in no more than six times since his birth. Four of those times my husband threw a tantrum, slamming doors, throwing things, stomping around. He got my son out of his crib and then went bac...

As President Joe Biden introduces a coordinated federal approach to address the COVID-19 pandemic, he's turning attention to the virus' impact on people with disabilities.

People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it. Jessica Contrera © Justin Eisner/Justin Eisner Wendy Lincicome is a live-in caregiver for Sloan Meek, 33, in Durham, N.C. She has been trying to find out when she and Meek will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. (Justin Eisner) For weeks, Wendy Lincicome has been asking the same question. She asks it on the phone. She asks it in emails to state officials. She ca...