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A company is under investigation for allegedly selling animals that are poorly and improperly trained, including some that lack the temperament to be service dogs.
Largely paralyzed, Kavita Krishnaswamy needs round-the-clock care and rarely leaves home, but that's not stopping her from designing robotic devices that help those with severe disabilities.
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Disability advocates are decrying a renewed drive to overhaul the nation's health care system that they say would fundamentally alter Medicaid and jeopardize home and community-based services.
Google is looking to the public in an effort to make navigating the world easier for people with disabilities.
Netflix is ordering up more episodes of a series about the experiences of a teen with autism and his family.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is calling on the nation's public schools to work with parents to better serve students with special needs.
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A disability makes writing difficult for 9-year-old Natalie Quintana, but a custom-designed gripping tool developed by a group of middle schoolers is making a big difference.
As a new kind of account allowing people with disabilities to save money becomes more available, federal officials say there are big implications for Medicaid.
A documentary series chronicling the lives of seven young adults with Down syndrome is the winner of multiple Emmy Awards.
A man with autism who washed dishes at a Golden Corral restaurant was harassed by his boss before being sexually assaulted on the job, according to a U.S. government lawsuit.
ABC is turning to a pediatrician with cerebral palsy and others who have achieved success despite long odds to help promote their new television drama about a surgeon on the spectrum.
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Much like Airbnb, Accomable allows people to offer up their homes to travelers, but all of its listings are fully vetted for various accessibility needs.
As people with developmental disabilities increasingly live in community-based settings, a first-of-its-kind report is finding that they face a multitude of barriers in obtaining housing.
Nervous about how other students would receive her son with autism, one mom took to Facebook and found a heartening response.
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