Disabilities

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being marked with festivals and parades — and concern due to recent Medicaid cuts.

With an all-terrain power chair and motorized lift, qualified wheelchair users can ride Jordan's Jamboree at the new Zip at Haile Quarry zipline park in Alachua County.

An all-terrain EcoRover wheelchair can be the difference between someone actually having access to nature and only dreaming of it.

Part 3 of a series: Kicked off of Medicaid, Florida children with medically complex needs are offered a state insurance program designed for healthy kids who cannot provide the care they require.

The Department of Education is looking into Seminole County schools after receiving a complaint referencing Lake Brantley and Lake Mary high schools.

VIDEO: Tarpon Springs resident Christopher Kuster finds solice in creating watercolor landscapes, cartoons and still life, expressing his emotions and experiences through art.

The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from injuries and make fitness a part of their lives.

Alexis Bogan emerged from brain surgery last year unable to speak fluently. So doctors working with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI created a synthetic version of her voice that can say anything she wants.

People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information.

The LightSound device is the result of a collaboration between an astronomer who is blind and an astronomer who regularly translates data into audio to analyze patterns for her research.

Parents wait for state-covered services designed to their children foster independence and job skills for adulthood. But they must think years ahead while their families are under stress.

In a decade-long battle about kids with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, the state describes a key part of the ruling as an “arbitrary and unachievable” goal.