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Down Syndrome

Adidas Designing Shoes For People With Down Syndrome

One of the world's largest footwear companies is developing a shoe specifically tailored to the needs of people with Down syndrome.

April 25, 2025
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Autism

Proposed Autism Registry Is Dangerous, Disability Rights Activists Say

The NIH is reportedly amassing private medical records from federal and commercial databases for a "disease registry" to track Americans with autism prompting concerns about patient privacy.

April 25, 2025

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Politics & Law

Supreme Court To Hear Case That Could ‘Gut The ADA And Rehabilitation Act’

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider a case that may have major implications for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

April 24, 2025
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Living

Kids With Disabilities And Their Families Struggle In Aftermath Of Wildfire Displacement

Thousands of families lost their homes in the fires that swept through Los Angeles earlier this year. For those who have children with disabilities, starting anew has been particularly challenging.

April 23, 2025

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Living

Hulu Releasing Rosie O’Donnell Documentary On Service Dogs

Rosie O'Donnell is bringing attention to the transformative role that service dogs can play for young people with disabilities in a new documentary.

April 22, 2025
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Politics & Law

Kennedy’s Comments About ASD Draw Backlash

Autism advocates are pushing back after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that kids on the spectrum will never have a job, play baseball, go on a date and more.

April 21, 2025

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Health & Behavior

Protesters Rally Against Electric Shock Devices Used On Those With Disabilities


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Autism

CDC Raises Autism Prevalence Estimate

Federal officials are releasing new data showing that the estimated number of U.S. children with autism has increased once again.

April 16, 2025
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Autism

RFK Jr. Promises To Uncover Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September

The nation's top health official is promising to determine by this fall why autism rates have surged in recent decades.

April 11, 2025

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Living

Wait For Community Placements Can Take Years For Those With IDD

Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities in one state want to leave institutional settings for the community, records show. In some cases they wait for years with no end in sight.

April 11, 2025
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Politics & Law

Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations For People With Disabilities

From halting diversity programs to making federal staffing cuts, advocates say the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.

April 10, 2025

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Living

Ikea Launches Collection Of Accessible Products

A major home furnishings retailer is introducing a new line of products designed to make life easier for people with disabilities.

April 9, 2025

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Education

Ed Department Faces Questions About Future Of Special Education


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Autism

Autism Organization Sets Guinness World Record

With a Guinness World Records adjudicator on hand, an organization that provides services for individuals with autism sought to do something for the very first time, all in the name of awareness.

April 8, 2025
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Living

Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt Caregiving Industry

Families, nursing facilities and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to do jobs that are demanding and hard to fill, but anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor.

April 8, 2025
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Money

Disability Advocates Sue Over ‘Systematic Dismantling’ Of Social Security

Disability advocates are suing over "reckless and devastating" changes imposed by the Trump administration that they say are undermining Social Security's ability to serve beneficiaries.

April 7, 2025
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