Americans With Disabilities Act

Warning of a "substantial detrimental impact on the children at the heart of this case," the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court to reject an attempt by Florida to at least temporarily halt an injunction requiring changes aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.

The issue of care for medically fragile children, who have severe health conditions, drew attention in 2012 after a Justice Department investigation found Florida was unnecessarily institutionalizing children with disabilities in nursing homes.

Changes might be coming to Florida’s elections, and how people living with disabilities are being affected by the pandemic.

A federal appeals court Tuesday again cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges the Legislature has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing closed captioning on online videos of meetings.

As medical providers prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care, many people with disabilities fear they will get lesser treatment.

Many buses and vans can safely accommodate and restrain a passenger's wheelchair, but airline passengers are required to transfer to the plane's standard seat. A grassroots group hopes to change that.

A group representing prisoners with disabilities is accusing the Florida Department of Corrections of failing to comply with a settlement reached in a…

Florida State University came under scrutiny when a student began a Twitter thread calling out what she says is a lack of accessibility for disabled...

Six disabled and elderly Floridians are suing the state over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

With the state pointing to changes it has made, a federal judge Friday dismissed a long-running legal battle about whether Florida's Medicaid program...

Twenty-five years ago this week, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.Among other things, the ADA…