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About 60,000 children with developmental disabilities qualify for a free Illinois program that provides speech, physical therapy, and other services. It's called "early intervention" and can be a game ...

A law that takes effect in the new year aims to improves protections for missing people with developmental disabilities. Senate Bill 1548 creates the Golden Search Awareness Program. State Senator ...

Federal officials are rethinking the government program that allows people with disabilities to be paid less than minimum wage, with a new proposal expected soon. The U.S. Department of Labor said it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. Noteworthy is workers with a disability were more likely to be ...

DISNEY IS MAKING CHANGES LINE. WESH 2 NEWS MEGAN MELLADO JOINS US LIVE NEAR THE. THEY ARE SAYING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING THE PROGRAM HAS TRIPLED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.

In the fall of 2023, the UAB School of Health Professions launched an undergraduate program in Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Science. This year, the program unveiled a minor option to the ...

Zary Amirhosseini came to the U.S. in 1979 when she was a child. Born in Iran with severe scoliosis, her family couldn’t find a specialist to perform the surgery she needed. “A lot of people with ...

A day program has opened in Springfield, which serves adults with developmental disabilities. The program is geared towards supporting the interests of people who go there, rather than focusing on ...

Beginning in the fall semester, students in the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences will have the option to declare a major in disability studies. The major will build on the program’s ...

Republicans’ hostility to Social Security in general has been well-documented over the years. Less widely recognized is their antagonism for one component of the program: disability coverage. As a ...