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The U.S. Department of Justice grants provided legal services for crime victims with disabilities and helped support emerging lawyers who represent victims regarding their legal rights.
One of the world's largest footwear companies is developing a shoe specifically tailored to the needs of people with Down syndrome.
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The NIH is reportedly amassing private medical records from federal and commercial databases for a "disease registry" to track Americans with autism prompting concerns about patient privacy.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider a case that may have major implications for the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Thousands of families lost their homes in the fires that swept through Los Angeles earlier this year. For those who have children with disabilities, starting anew has been particularly challenging.
Rosie O'Donnell is bringing attention to the transformative role that service dogs can play for young people with disabilities in a new documentary.
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Outside the only facility in the country known to use electric shock devices to address behaviors in people with disabilities, former residents are speaking out and hoping to end the practice.
Federal officials are releasing new data showing that the estimated number of U.S. children with autism has increased once again.
The nation's top health official is promising to determine by this fall why autism rates have surged in recent decades.
Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities in one state want to leave institutional settings for the community, records show. In some cases they wait for years with no end in sight.
From halting diversity programs to making federal staffing cuts, advocates say the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.
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Federal lawmakers are seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Education amid efforts to shutter the agency and reassign "special needs" programs elsewhere.
With a Guinness World Records adjudicator on hand, an organization that provides services for individuals with autism sought to do something for the very first time, all in the name of awareness.
Families, nursing facilities and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to do jobs that are demanding and hard to fill, but anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor.
