About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be ...

Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and O’Hanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is ...

Since the early 2000s, a number of US stakeholders have sought to revise the methodology used to measure disability in federal surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS). A key actor in this ...

The U.S. Census Bureau says it received thousands of comments after proposing major changes to the way it counts the number of Americans with disabilities and is deciding whether to finalize the plan.

The U.S. Census Bureau is proposing changes to how it assesses disabilities, leading to concerns from advocates who say they were not adequately consulted on a significant overhaul in federal ...

Q: Why are some people able to get Social Security income earlier than others? A: Generally, Social Security benefits are paid to eligible workers, and their families, based on the workers' earnings.

The Affordable Care Act mandated data collection standards to identify people with disabilities in federal surveys to better understand and address health disparities within this population. Most ...

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The U.S. Census Bureau says it will hold off on changes to the way it determines the number of Americans with disabilities that advocates warned could lead to a severe undercount. Census Bureau ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has put the brakes on a controversial proposal that would change how it counts people with disabilities. Critics of the proposed change argue that it could underestimate the ...

Preparing for employees to take a disability leave for an illness or injury can be a stressful experience for benefit and HR managers. With a full plate of work on top of arranging for reasonable ...