Daniel Figueredo and Rosa Romero quit their day jobs and took a big financial risk: opening a Cuban sandwich shop in Little Havana. Family and friends thought they were nuts. They gutted a shoe-box ...

A controversial Florida law allowing pregnant women to use accessible parking spaces has sparked a federal lawsuit from ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Senate panel on Wednesday took the first steps toward overhauling a complicated and expensive program designed to help thousands of Florida residents with developmental and ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Legislation filed in the Florida Senate this week would make it illegal for doctors to perform abortions based on a prenatal disability diagnosis. The bill, filed by Republican ...

ABOVE: A look at today's top headlinesThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled July 14 that the State of Florida violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As Florida wrestles with the future of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a top state official is warning that one program isn’t working for them ...

An advocacy group is suing the state of Florida for not releasing what it says is public information about how many times mentally ill people are involuntarily taken into custody. Disability Rights ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Expecting mothers have been able to apply for temporary disabled parking space permits since July 1st, but a Florida disability advocate is fighting back in court. Under a new ...

Disney World is changing its policy for guests with disabilities. The Florida theme parks (and the one in California) has a program called Disability Access Service (DAS) which allows guests who are ...

Disability Rights Advocates urge Floridians with disabilities to vote in this general election. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2016 figures, 8.6% of Floridians under 65 have a disability. That ...

Despite a state budget that allocates more than $900 million this year to support people with developmental disabilities, tens of thousands of Florida families are still waiting for help. Among them ...

Will Hayes was supposed to start the new school year Tuesday, but instead he’s staying home because of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates in schools, his mother said. Will, 10, has Down ...