Screenshot from video shows a UC Berkeley student wearing a mask with hair in afro puffs speaking to someone blurry in the foreground.
Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them

Researchers and students at the University of California Berkeley Disability Lab are working to create new assistive technology that meets the variety needs of people with disabilities, including affordability and efficiency.

A darker-skinned hand holds a US flag with a certificate from the CIS
U.S. removes Trump-era barriers to citizenship-test waivers for disabled immigrants

USCIS has simplified the disability waiver, which is used to request exemptions from immigration requirements that create disproportionate hurdles for people with physical, mental or learning disabilities.

Kathryn Wiltz leans out of an outside door at her home.
For Disabled Workers, a Tight Labor Market Opens New Doors

The confluence of a tight labor market and a tolerance for remote work has been a boon for workers with disabilities.

Dani and Rudy Izzie with their twins Lavinia, and Giorgiana
Defying odds, quadriplegic woman in Virginia has twins

Since Dani Izzie gave birth to twins, she has been on the receiving end of comments about her ability to care for them. She and her husband turned their story into an award-winning documentary.

Nurse Betty (Amber Lutz) welcomes visitors to the Pennhurst Asylum haunted house attraction in Spring City.
Pennhurst Asylum haunted house draws criticism every Halloween. A group of disabled actors running the show says there is more to the story.

The use of the one-time asylum that housed thousands with intellectual and developmental disabilities is at the center of a complex debate.