A speech impairment affects people who have problems speaking in a regular tone of voice or tempo. Speech impairments make it hard for people to communicate properly, and they can happen in both ...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional state of cognitive decline that is below the average age-related fall off in mental skills but above the threshold for dementia. It is also called ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk of cognitive impairment, with a notably higher likelihood of developing non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

A new nationally representative study published online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports found hearing impairment and vision impairment to be independently associated with cognitive ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

Mobility is the ability to move. A disability is the result of an impairment that affects a person’s ability to carry out tasks. For example, a person may find it difficult to walk very far due to ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...