Supporting people with disabilities in an emergency is not just about doing the right thing, it’s also the law, fundamental to human rights and part of several international agreements.

The federal government today reintroduced legislation to create a monthly benefit payment for working-age Canadians with disabilities.

The New Democrats' motion calling on the federal government to re-offer its proposed disability benefit — which died when the Liberals called the last election — passed unanimously in the House of...

A Sudbury mother says she got into an argument with a bus driver who didn't believe her three-year-old daughter was in a wheelchair. She is calling for more awareness about pediatric wheelchairs.

Canadian Blood Services has made a simple but meaningful change to its plasma donation policies, thanks to advocacy work in Sudbury. As of last month, people who can't step on a scale can now...

People with disabilities have a higher poverty rate and a lower rate of employment than the overall population. Advocates say it is a longstanding, systemic problem and inflation makes it worse.

The pandemic posed problems for deaf people who suddenly found themselves trying to lip-read through masks. Google is working on updates to its Live Transcribe app, which aims to help the deaf...

Rabia Khedr and her family have first-hand experience of the gaps in Canada's health-care system when it comes to people with disabilities. She hopes the federal parties are listening to the millions...

More than 16 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians with disabilities say bar and restaurant patios that have been expanded onto streets and sidewalks to create more outdoor seating are often...

Baie de Beauport, an urban beach in Quebec City, has installed a new wheelchair-accessible mat along the sand, as well as new picnic tables.

Before becoming paralyzed, I had no idea what it meant to be ostracized from society for something I had no control over, writes Codi Darnell.

In our push for a human presence in space, there has been a group who have been left out, no matter how well-educated, fit or skilled they are: people with physical disabilities. The European Space...

While many able-bodied university students have found the switch to remote learning stressful, those with mobility disabilities have seen their lives made easier. But they worry the progress will be...

Advocates want governments to prioritize vaccinating people with disabilities. Some Canadian provinces plan to do so, but Nova Scotia isn't one of them. The province's chief medical officer of health...

Two organizations that provide accessible reading material to people with reading disabilities have launched a campaign to stop a planned cut to their federal funding.