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Special education students across the nation are increasingly likely to have autism, with new data showing that the percentage has more than doubled in recent years.
Efforts are underway to roll back mandatory reporting laws amid concerns about too many unfounded reports that disproportionately harm families of those with disabilities and other groups.
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New regulations will prohibit health care providers from making treatment decisions based on biases about disabilities and require that accessible exam tables and other equipment be more available.
Entrepreneurs from coast to coast recently convened for an awards ceremony. Beyond starting businesses from scratch, they had something else in common: All have disabilities.
An Emmy-winning series that follows people with autism as they search for love is getting another season.
Families are having an increasingly hard time getting appointments with pediatric specialists putting children at risk for more serious medical problems, developmental setbacks and treatment delays.
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Services for people with developmental disabilities across the nation could soon face additional cuts, an unintended consequence of a requirement that millions more workers qualify for overtime pay.
A new drama opening on Broadway stars an Academy Award nominee as the mother of a child with disabilities.
Because autism research has historically focused on males, the diagnostic criteria has long been based on their experience. As a result, nearly 80% of women with autism are undiagnosed at age 18.
Federal officials are reshaping the rules surrounding community-based services for people with disabilities in an effort to improve access and strengthen the direct support professional workforce.
Disney is facing pushback after announcing changes limiting its Disability Access Service program to people with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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The U.S. Department of Education ruled that students with developmental disabilities attending a postsecondary program that long qualified for financial aid could no longer access such assistance.
The Social Security Administration is making another update to how it calculates Supplemental Security Income benefits, this time to ensure its rules are applied more equitably across the country.
A teacher is accused of encouraging bullying and abuse against a 7-year-old, sometimes even holding the boy down while others punched and kicked him, all while telling the boy's parents he made it up.
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