Neurologic diseases now affect 50% of the US population and are now the leading cause of disability nationwide, results of ...

I first decided that I wanted to meet others who had facial paralysis like me when I was at university. The disorder I was born with, Moebius syndrome, was so rare that I would be extremely unlikely ...

When I was much younger, and for many years, I would have said no to the question is anxiety disorder a disability? I was wrong. For about 15 years of my life now, anxiety has taken a moderate hold of ...

Objectives Common mental disorders are prevalent among employees and may cause work disability. We aimed to examine the association between common mental disorders and disability retirement, with an ...

A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will ...

My daughter Katie was born with severe disabilities. She went on to develop profound autism, attention deficit disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The hardest part for her is knowing that she ...

To mark ADHD Awareness Month, I’m going to first remind us of some basic facts about ADHD’s importance. Then I’m going to comment on one ADHD “controversy”—is ADHD a disability or a difference—can it ...

Award-winning autistic professional speaker and best-selling author Kerry Magro, Ed.D, spoke to students at Newark Academy, an independent school for grades 6 to 12 in Livingston, about the abilities ...