Benton County's DD Program celebrates 55 years Aug. 25 as director Jasper Smith retires and Laura Lonski takes over leadership.

For Americans with disabilities, a new job, training opportunity or better future shouldn’t disappear simply because they cross a state line. Yet that can happen under today’s fragmented Vocational…

Meharry Medical College has launched the ABLE Clinic in Nashville to offer specialized dental care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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This study highlights a high level of psychiatric vulnerability in females with FXS.

For Alyssa Caponi, a trip to the grocery store should be a routine part of raising a family of seven. But that's not the case.

A new rule from the Justice Department upends a 25-year-old interpretation of federal disability law. Advocates fear it could result in cuts to services that help many disabled Americans live at home…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s release on August 13, 2026 of detailed information about the Risk-Based Survey (RBS) that CMS plans to implement in September 2026 intensifies concerns…

Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take

The support plans are crucial for students with disabilities to access the same curriculum, educational experiences as their peers

Director Ben Raanan calls Phamaly's '504' 'the most radically inclusive and accessible musical ever written.' It performs through Sunday.

When it comes to dementia care training in assisted living, both formal and informal education can improve care quality and worker retention, as well as reduce staff turnover, but the best type of…

If your plan is to self-fund long-term care, do so with tax considerations and asset allocation in mind.

Dr. Doured Daghistani discusses how childhood cancer treatment, survivorship care and immunotherapy have evolved this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Wyoming Borough community yard sale: Register by Sept. 7; event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 (rain date, Saturday, Sept. 19). Register through the link on the Wyoming Borough Facebook page or…

Former foster youth with disabilities tell their stories — of how they got through foster care

(BPT) - For many veterans with disabilities, service to the nation does not end when active duty ends. It continues through civilian roles that support federal missions, strengthen domestic production

Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Red River Roll Call, a Republican rally hosted by state Rep. Shelley Luther in Sherman on July 27, 2026. As

The brothers were both born with a mitochondrial disease that caused their hearts to fail when they were toddlers.

Nonprofit Magical Motors and ASU students helped design and build toy jeeps for children with disabilities to give them confidence, independence, and fun.

Nataliia Otbliesk's family expects her to lose her coverage as a "humanitarian parolee" in Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that covers medical costs for some individuals with limited income…

Cuts and restructuring at the federal Office for Civil Rights are changing how families seek help when schools fail to meet disability rights requirements.

California families with disabled children are speaking out in favor of providing care in the most mainstream setting possible, in light of a move by the federal government to weaken

More than 100,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador struggle with painful arthritis, a disease that afflicts millions across Canada. The national organization that advocates for them has released a…

A grandmother signed over her car for $500 to help her grandson get to work, never imagining that a fall one year later would turn that driveway handshake into a financial crisis at the worst…

At a glance: Mainers are increasingly concerned about the cost of living, including the cost of care Child care, direct care, and health care are essential services […]

Most families discover Medicare's nursing home coverage limit the same way: a social worker, a hospital discharge office, and a sentence that rewrites their financial future on the spot. What that…

If you are a caregiver, whether you’re helping a spouse, parent, another adult relative or a friend with a disability, health need or medical crisis, you don’t have to go it alone.

A federal lawsuit seeks to block Illinois’ assisted-suicide law before it takes effect next weekend.

More Americans with disabilities were working in August, tying the record high reached in November 2025, even as employment among people without disabilities declined, according to today’s National…

The lawsuit was filed by the family of a soldier whose daughter has permanent brain damage.

Arizona parent caregiver ‘savings’ are really unmet need — the care costs the same no matter who provides it

I lost a cybersecurity job after asking for an ADA accommodation. Months later, a casino nearly rejected me. A few brave people have been my aces.

A nonprofit is identifying parents with at least 100 volunteer hours in schools and helping them get licensed to assist children with disabilities in the classroom as paraprofessionals.

Baseball's historic Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, has become the first Major League Baseball stadium to be designated as a Certified Autism Center.

The country's top emergency response agency says it will bring back training on meeting the needs of people with disabilities in disasters after it was halted last year.

Disability service providers across the nation are turning away new referrals and scaling back programs. And, with massive funding cuts on the horizon, they see no relief in sight.

Advocates are urging Georgia leaders to prioritize accessibility for voters with disabilities and language assistance as the state prepares to overhaul its election equipment ahead of 2028.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - For participants in ArtLabbé Academy’s music therapy program, the weekly gathering offers more than a chance to sing. “It’s

In Greece, basketball creates space for improved self-perception and reshapes community attitudes toward disability inclusion.

A recent KFF analysis of federal nursing home oversight found an association between short staffing and serious harm to residents.

Longtime Kansas state Rep. Gary Blumenthal is shocked that the Trump administration is turning back the clock for people with autism and other challenges. | Opinion