Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently released the results of a major study on disability and work patterns. The latest in a series of well-executed, random-assignment demonstrations ...

On July 26, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act. 1 Widely regarded as landmark legislation, the ADA extends civil rights protections to the disabled and mandates ...

Last September, Amazon fired Jordan Flowers, a co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union. Flowers believes he was targeted, not only because he is organizing for worker rights, but also because he is ...

The growth in disability rolls is a concerning economic development. Often times, the focus is on the cost of this insurance. However, there is perhaps an even greater cost: the millions of people ...

Licensed social worker and disability consultant Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rare group of disorders better known as brittle bone disease. Those with brittle ...

Offsets are a tool insurers use to reduce the benefits they owe an injured worker by deducting benefits the worker receives ...

A disability can cause serious financial problems for people who become too ill or injured to work. The American government provides a safety net by allowing certain people with severe disabilities to ...