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Amid signs that children with developmental delays in two expansive rural counties were falling through the cracks, experts are using an innovative app to boost screening rates and help kids.
Members of Congress are accusing the Trump administration of hiring too few workers with disabilities and disproportionately firing those with special needs employed at federal agencies.
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Comcast is making it easier for people with disabilities to watch TV with new technology that allows individuals to control their remote using eye-gaze or sip-and-puff assistive technology.
U.S. Department of Education data on how frequently restraint and seclusion are used in the nation's schools is incomplete and inaccurate, government investigators say.
New data is prompting questions about the sustainability of a recently-established program that allows people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing their government benefits.
The 32-year-old shot and killed during an incident at a Costco store that made national news was nonverbal and had an intellectual disability, according to a family member.
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Kohl's is introducing sensory-friendly and adaptive clothing for kids, becoming the latest retailer to offer up apparel designed to meet the needs of people with various disabilities.
Parents are asking one school district to abandon a policy barring them from recording IEP meetings, arguing that it's their legal right to have a record of what is said.
Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that medical schools train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they're hitting roadblocks.
After an 11-year-old with autism was given a trophy naming him the "Most Annoying Male" in his class, the local district is seeking to terminate the school's principal and three teachers.
With a bipartisan proposal, members of Congress are pushing a new plan to increase competitive, integrated employment for young people with developmental disabilities.
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The Tony Awards cain't say no to Ali Stroker, who made history by becoming the first actor in a wheelchair to win the biggest honor in theater.
A first-grader with autism didn't want to face the last day of school, so the boy's principal met him at home and the two walked to class together.
Nearly four years after "Sesame Street" introduced a muppet with autism, new research suggests that the show's materials focused on the developmental disorder are making a difference.
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