This activity was supported by Contract/Task Order No. SS00-13-60048/0009 with the U.S. Social Security Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this ...

Understanding and measuring disability is essential for improving quality of life in both clinical and public health domains. Disability assessment instruments, such as the World Health Organization ...

More than a third of adults with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have moderate to severe functional disability around the time of diagnosis and initiation of treatment, findings from a ...

Many individuals receiving long-term disability benefits will at some point be asked by their insurance provider to submit to an independent medical assessment or examination (IME). An IME is meant to ...

The psychological assessment can be a stressful part of your disability application, but with preparation, it doesn’t have to be. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that less than 23% of ...

To determine the disability profile of a group of patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), using the Functional Independence ...