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From Siri to Alexa, voice assistants are everywhere, but the technology tends to miss every third word that people with Down syndrome say. Now a new effort is underway to change that.
He has a disability. She doesn't. To change how the world sees them as a couple, they launched a vlog and became a YouTube sensation.
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Special education groups contend that one state is violating federal law by refusing to allow guardians to look out for certain students with disabilities after they become legal adults.
Millions of dollars are headed to communities across the country to provide affordable housing to people with disabilities, federal officials say.
Aiming to ease the experience of visiting a doctor, a new program is allowing people with developmental disabilities to access medical and mental health care without leaving home.
A national day care provider settled a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department after a girl with Down syndrome was kicked out when she couldn't conform to a corporate timeline on potty training.
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A computer-based assessment was supposed to make it easier for families to apply for Medicaid waivers in one state. Instead, many have seen their benefits arbitrarily slashed.
Under a settlement with the EEOC, the country's largest private employer will change a policy affecting workers with disabilities nationwide.
In a state that already requires cameras in special education classrooms upon request, one school district is debating whether all such classes should be recorded by default.
A year ago he was unknown. Now, an artist with autism is being featured in multiple solo exhibitions and his work has been purchased for both public and private collections.
The nation's top housing official is pushing the Federal Trade Commission to look into websites that sell assistance animal documentation saying that the sites dupe people with disabilities.
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Newly-released data indicates that hate crime incidents targeting people with disabilities are on the rise.
Prosecutors have filed involuntary manslaughter charges against administrators and a teacher at a school where a student with autism died after being restrained face down for nearly two hours.
For two decades, a team of people with intellectual disabilities has provided support services for what is now Bank of America, saving the company money while boasting its lowest turnover rate.
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