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The Food and Drug Administration quietly removed a page from its website warning consumers about bogus products and therapies that claim to treat or cure autism.
Television coverage of the upcoming winter Olympics is on track to be more accessible to people with disabilities than ever before.
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The Trump administration wants deep cuts for state-based legal services for people with disabilities, as advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such issues.
The two-year university-based program will teach high school students with developmental disabilities job and life skills and then invite them to live on campus and work in supported employment.
As federal officials look to clarify recent rules designed to bar disability discrimination in health care, a long-simmering lawsuit threatens to invalidate them altogether.
The first generation of senior citizens living with IDD means added demand for group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who often care for them, also age.
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For the first time, a Barbie doll with features designed to account for the ways in which individuals with autism experience the world is hitting the market.
With a pair of new hires and recent comments, advocates say the Trump administration appears to be actively laying the groundwork to transfer special education out of the U.S. Department of Education.
The hands-free input system uses AI with communication entirely through facial gestures to help provide more independence for those with limited mobility.
Group home executives in one state are making as much as $2.37 million while the direct support professionals who feed, bathe and spend time with residents with disabilities earn just $21 an hour.
One of the nation's most well-known people with autism is being honored alongside notables like famed director Steven Spielberg and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
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When Stacey Plantt filed a federal complaint against her son's day care claiming he was unjustly expelled, she wanted not only compensation for her family but also significant change.
Stores are popping up in schools to teach students with disabilities skills for daily living, work and social situations and to give general education students a leg up in college and the workforce.
As federal officials begin to outline more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules, worries are running high about what the changes will mean for people with disabilities.
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