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Congress Poised To Reject Trump Changes To Special Ed, Disability Programs
A budget agreement working its way through Congress rebuffs Trump administration efforts to make major changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and eliminate some disability programs.
New Film Tells Untold Story Of Holocaust Victims With Disabilities
The Nazis built the first gas chambers to systematically murder institutionalized people with disabilities resulting in nearly 300,000 deaths, yet these victims are often the last to be remembered.
Restaurant Staffed By Adults With Disabilities Is In Expansion Mode
At Hugs Cafe, chefs and cashiers are adults with disabilities serving from-scratch food. As a second location opens, the nonprofit behind the breakfast and lunch spot says it's hoping to add more.
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Major Review Refutes Claims Of Autism-Tylenol Link
Taking Tylenol during pregnancy does not increase the risk that a child will have autism, intellectual disability or ADHD, according to a new study that contradicts warnings from U.S. officials.
FDA Pulls Warning About ‘Potentially Dangerous’ Autism Therapies
The Food and Drug Administration quietly removed a page from its website warning consumers about bogus products and therapies that claim to treat or cure autism.
NBC Making Olympics Coverage More Accessible
Television coverage of the upcoming winter Olympics is on track to be more accessible to people with disabilities than ever before.
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Disability Rights Lawyers Threatened With Budget Cuts, Reassignments
The Trump administration wants deep cuts for state-based legal services for people with disabilities, as advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such issues.
Program Offers Students With Intellectual Disabilities Bridge To Adulthood
The two-year university-based program will teach high school students with developmental disabilities job and life skills and then invite them to live on campus and work in supported employment.
States Decline To Drop Lawsuit Threatening Disability Rights Protections
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.
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As People With Disabilities Live Longer, Facilities Rework Services
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.
New Inclusive Playground Opens Thanks To Special Efforts From Students
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.
Barbie Debuts Doll With Autism
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.