Social Security, including disability benefits, is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in the United States. As of August 2025, 8.1 million people received Social Security Disability ...

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In 49 states, long-term disability benefit claims for physical ailments – like cancer, arthritis and stroke – are assessed differently than mental health issues such as major depressive disorder, ...

I often feel guilty if I write a column that essentially repeats information I've given in past columns. But readers often remind me that I shouldn't worry about that. For example, today I got an ...

Short-Term Disability (STD) provides employees with income when they are absent from work due to a non-work related illness or injury. What are RIT's Short Term Disability benefits? RIT short term ...

Rutherford is the president of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and the author of Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World, forthcoming from Duke University Press About a ...

Yes, any type of diabetes can qualify as a disability under federal law. You can get legal protections at school and work because of this condition. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong autoimmune ...