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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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Faced with the prospect of a new play area with equipment inaccessible to some classmates, a group of fourth-graders petitioned to block the design and then set out to create a worthy replacement.
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.
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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.
For the first time ever, a wheelchair user traveled above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.
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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A unique village of 660-square-foot homes is taking shape, offering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities a chance to live more independently.
Access to accounts that allow individuals with disabilities to save without losing government benefits will expand dramatically and people with the accounts will be able to save more than ever before.
About 15 school districts and charters nationwide will be among the first to use OpenAI's new education-focused artificial intelligence tool.
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