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New research suggests that virtual training can help parents learn to address behavior issues in their kids with autism, a development that could be especially meaningful amid the pandemic.
People with disabilities have the potential to be an influential voting bloc, data shows. But the electoral power of these voters has long gone untapped.
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Students with severe cognitive disabilities in one state could receive up to $1,500 each for tutoring, therapy and other support services to address coronavirus-related learning disruptions.
Lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to track COVID-19 among people with disabilities living in group homes and institutions where cases are still largely going undocumented.
How many hours a week of intervention do young children with autism need? A new study suggests that the precise number may not be all that consequential.
The pandemic has shuttered some day programs and those that have reopened are being squeezed by low attendance, a situation that could erase decades of gains in community-based services.
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Suppliers and parents began reporting shortages — most notably of ventilator circuits — early in the pandemic. Now, they say the problem is ongoing and kids are paying the price.
Google is introducing new technology designed to help people who are nonverbal communicate with those around them while also making strides toward more inclusion at the company.
Officials in one state are facing backlash after protections for people with disabilities and other groups were stripped from the state's social work code of conduct.
A 20-year-old with cerebral palsy who was pronounced dead and then found alive at a funeral home in August has died as a result of injuries related to the incident, her family's attorney said.
An independent federal agency says it's time for a decades-old government jobs program for people with disabilities to come to an end.
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In a bid to ensure access for all, one zoo set aside two hours each week to welcome people who have disabilities that make it hard for them to wear masks, a group that's increasingly isolated.
The mother of a boy with autism is suing after police body camera video shows an officer handcuffing and pressing him to the floor for 38 minutes, all because he spit in a school "quiet room."
People with disabilities receiving Supplemental Security Income and other Social Security benefits will soon see their payments rise.
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