Complaints of disability discrimination in the nation’s schools are at their highest level in six years, the U.S. Department of Education says. A newly released annual report shows that the agency’s ...

A former Framingham paraprofessional is suing the school district for $1 million, alleging discrimination based on her race ...

Monday’s argument in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. Two ...

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating a former student’s allegations of discrimination and retaliation by Brown University on the basis of their disability status, ...

An “urgent need for systemic change” to address disability-based discrimination has been highlighted by the executive officer of the Human Rights Commission in her annual report. Lisa Reed said that ...

New York-based Achilles International, a nonprofit that helps connect people with disabilities to athletic opportunities, is being sued in a district court by a former employee for disability ...

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face difficulty accessing needed organ transplants, but now a bill is moving through Congress that aims to address that disparity. The U.S ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Walmart Inc., saying the company violated federal law by allegedly refusing to accommodate an ...

GMRI Inc. — which operates several chain restaurants, including an Olive Garden location near Pittsburgh — agreed to pay $30,000 on Tuesday as part of a lawsuit settlement involving a manager who ...

US civil rights law protects all workers, including white men. Here’s how discrimination claims work and what federal law ...