Disability-Chuck Mackey: Sept. 11, 2014 GADSDEN, Alabama -- Chuck Mackey of Southside talks about his experiences after retiring on disability Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (William Thornton / ...

Matthew Martin knows plenty about pain medication. Martin, 43, used to work as a freelance writer before the daily pain of Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disorder he was diagnosed with in college, ...

The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program and The Arc of the United States, a community-based disability advocacy organization, both filed a complaint with HHS over Alabama’s 2010 guidelines for ...

As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we visit Hale County, Ala., where nearly one in four working-age people are on ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The Alabama disABILITY Conference wrapped up in Montgomery on Tuesday. Before it ended, organizers made a call to lawmakers. "People do need funding," said Josh Echols. Echols ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Disability advocates are gathering in Mobile this week. The annual ARC of Alabama Disability Conference is being held at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel through Wednesday.

The lobby at the pain-management clinic had become crowded with patients, so relatives had gone outside to their trucks to wait, and here, too, sat Desmond Spencer, smoking a 9 a.m. cigarette and ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling to restrict access to voting last week is a reminder of the importance of disability rights laws for protecting the civil rights of all Americans. By Ari Ne’eman Mr. Ne’eman ...

An Alabama court has denied total disability benefits to an injured worker who continued finding and holding jobs for years after his workplace accident. The decision, handed down on February 27, 2026 ...