Health Affairs

Disability Mortality Disparity: Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults, 2008–19

Scott D. Landes ([email protected]), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National ...
BMJ Global Health

Association of disability and 12-year all-cause and cause-specific mortality: analyses from the Wellbeing of Older People cohort study in Uganda

Introduction Disability is linked to poor health outcomes and increased mortality, yet evidence on this relationship in sub-Saharan Africa is limited. This study investigated the association between ...
The Conversation

People with disabilities at risk of being wrongly deemed ‘incompetent’ by health system

Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. As an individual with a disability, I live in fear ...