Nothing about us without us” is a mantra likely originating in South Africa’s disability rights movement. It has since been adopted by many disability rights advocacy groups to communicate that individuals with disabilities should be at the forefront of any decision or policy-making that affects their lives. Historically, individuals with disabilities have been disenfranchised by societal syste...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 launched a new era for individuals with disabilities. This law, considered by many to be the Civil Rights Act for people with disabilities, prohibits employment discrimination and generally requires equal access for individuals with disabilities (O’Day, Schartz, & Blanck, 2002). The prior special issue, 20(6), of Behavioral Sciences and the Law ...

Using population data, this study included parents of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (n  =  220) and parents of individuals without disabilities (n  =  1,042). Parents of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were further divided into those who co-resided with their adult child and those whose adult child lived elsewhere, and the 3 groups wer...

OBJECTIVE Arthritis is the most common chronic condition and the most common cause of disability among older US adults. We studied social participation, disabilities in many life domains, accommodations used (buffers), and accommodations needed (barriers) for US adults with arthritis disability compared with adults with disability from other conditions. METHODS The data source is the National...