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A nonprofit paid some of its employees with disabilities as little as $2 to $3 an hour, while top managers took home as much as $570,000, an investigation finds.
Increasingly, local zoos are working to become more welcoming to kids with disabilities and those who are sensitive to noises and other stimulation.
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Despite a nod to the vulnerability of home and community-based services under a Senate GOP health care bill, disability advocates say a new version of the proposal does little to quell fears.
Many kids and teens with autism exhibit challenging behaviors, but new research suggests that certain risk factors separate those that end up needing inpatient treatment.
A new film that's set to hit theaters this month is facing criticism for casting able-bodied Alec Baldwin as a man with a disability.
Less than half of states are meeting their obligations to appropriately serve students with disabilities under the nation's special education law, federal education officials say.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama will highlight the work of one of the world's largest organizations for people with intellectual disabilities during a nationally-televised event this week.
In an age when integration into the community is considered a civil right for people with developmental disabilities, do institutions have a place?
Cuts to Medicaid — the primary source of supports for millions with disabilities — would continue for decades under a U.S. Senate proposal to cap the program, a nonpartisan analysis finds.
Through deals with HBO, Sony, Fox and other studios, a training program is helping adults with autism learn the skills to land jobs in film and television.
An annual government snapshot of employment among Americans with disabilities finds some signs of improvement even as this population continues to struggle finding work.
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With ever-growing options, electronic devices are allowing children with disabilities who are nonverbal to start communicating and, in some cases, learn to speak on their own.
A program designed to help support military families of children with special needs through regular respite care will face cutbacks starting this summer.
The health care proposal in the U.S. Senate would slash $772 billion from Medicaid in the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said, seriously compromising disability services.
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