Veterans' disability payments will increase by 2.8% in 2026 due to a cost-of-living adjustment, effective December 1, 2025. Veterans who are receiving disability compensation will experience a slight ...

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The VA disability system is collapsing under its own contradictions — and the latest national coverage is finally acknowledging what veterans have said for ...

Vidya Sagar, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works with the disabled community, plans to expand augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to help non-verbal children with ...

As Bangladesh prepares to observe the National and International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3 — under this year’s theme “Let’s build a disability-inclusive society, let’s accelerate ...

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) recently released its major study ‘Places of Care = Places of Safety? Violence Against Persons with Disabilities in Institutions’, a report that exposes the ...

When U.S. Coast Guard service members are injured or ill, the Coast Guard determines their fitness for duty and eligibility for benefits through its disability evaluation system. The Coast Guard is in ...

Every few months, headlines announce that countries want to “move away from the dollar.” India settles a shipment in rupees, African economies test regional payment systems, and the BRICS group ...

A Deaf man, who has always relied on sign language to communicate, worries he'll be left isolated after his funding for interpreting on the National Disability Insurance Scheme was halved. Advocates ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Nebraska researchers are developing new interface tools to help speech-impaired children communicate more effectively.