A permanent disability is a sickness or disability that’s lasting. It’s reached maximum medical improvement and is the “best it will ever get.” A permanent disability can sometimes affect a person’s ...

Total and permanent disability insurance gets you a lump sum of money if you’re permanently unable to work in your occupation or in any occupation for which you’re suited by training, education or ...

Beginning during the Obama administration, student loan borrowers with a total and permanent disability could get student loan cancellation through a discharge. However, the biggest hurdle for most ...

Tiffany Yu is the founder of Diversability and author of "The Anti-Ableist Manifesto." After a childhood accident left her with a permanent disability, Yu dedicated her life to creating communities ...

Tufts Community Union senators Itamar Oelsner and Jose Armando recently launched a petition to establish a permanent Disability Center on campus. Oelsner, elected in February, is the TCU Senate’s ...

This story is part of a series on financial and economic literacy funded by Ecstra Foundation. Having income protection insurance means that if you get sick or injured and can’t work, you’ll still get ...