Two decades ago, California set an ambitious employment goal: To reflect the state’s diverse population, one sixth of the government’s workforce would be filled by people with disabilities. For years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leroy Moore, a disabled scholar studying at UCLA, is a writer, poet and community activist who for years has been speaking out for ...

Disability care workers Ricardo Zegri and Niurka Sureda-Jackson sit outside the California state Capitol on April 10. Zegri says Taco Bell would pay him more than the $19 an hour he makes as a ...

Jardini is executive director of the California Disability Services Association and lives in Sacramento. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a state budget in direct conflict with the promise California ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California workers who serve those with disabilities are still waiting to see whether they will receive promised pay raises on ...

Four disability groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn California's assisted suicide law — saying it devalues their lives and encourages discrimination against them. Disability groups are challenging ...

A California law allows a terminally ill person to end their life, but some people with disabilities say they're at risk of being coerced into... Disability groups claim California's assisted suicide ...