The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken, and it''s not looking good for workers who hoped to claim - like a Toyota worker - that their work-related musculoskeletal injuries grant them job protections under ...

In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the upper tribunal in a special educational needs case provides guidance on the exclusion from the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010 of a ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

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“Chronic conditions” and “disability” are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we’re treated and how we feel about ourselves. For population data purposes, ...

Minnesotans with intermittent health concerns such as diabetes or epilepsy now have protection from discrimination under the state’s Human Rights Act, and it all began with one woman’s claim against ...