Welcome to the October installment of trending news and stories in the disability community. This edition features stories on the disability community’s perspective on the presidential election, ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of the advocacy group New Disabled South, about the disabled community's needs and demands ahead of the presidential election. One in six ...

Under the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Education has laid off most of the staff responsible for special education oversight, and many disability-related programs across agencies face ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) designated disabled people ...

Features 8,000+ artifacts documenting disability rights and culture. Preserved office of founder Henry Viscardi Jr. highlights his advocacy work. Offers school field trips, workshops, group tours and ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Colleges and universities have struggled to explain just what diversity, equity and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advocates for people with developmental disabilities rallied in February at the State House in opposition to cuts proposed by the ...

NDIS Minister Mark Butler has defended the government's latest cost-cutting changes to the scheme in an interview with the ...

The Arc of Loudoun will hold its fifth annual Disability Resource Fair on Tuesday, May 5 at the Claude Moore Recreation & ...

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In San Diego County, the San Diego Regional Center supports more than 29,000 people with developmental disabilities. At the same time, an estimated 795,000 residents experience nutrition insecurity — ...