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Proposed Social Security Changes Could Cut Off Beneficiaries With Disabilities
A proposed change to federal disability assistance would result in millions more case reviews, likely cutting off many recipients with disabilities if the changes are enacted.
Feds Incentivize Disability Hiring
A federal office dedicated to promoting community living is putting up big money to help businesses find and implement innovative ways to increase employment for people with disabilities.
Labor Department Requiring Back Pay For Subminimum Wage Violations
Federal officials are cracking down after a service provider failed to properly pay individuals with disabilities who were working for less than minimum wage.
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Congress Hands Special Ed Hefty Funding Boost
Federal funding for special education will rise the most it has in years under a newly approved government spending plan.
Trump Signs 5-Month Extension Of Program Helping People Leave Institutions
For the fourth time in a year, lawmakers acted to keep alive a program that moves people with disabilities from institutions into the community, but its long-term fate remains in jeopardy.
Congress Weighs Renewal Of Program That Moves People Out Of Institutions
After years in limbo, advocates say a deal is in the works to permanently renew a popular federal program that moves people with disabilities from institutions to the community.
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Death And Deals: Children With Special Needs Suffer, Private Equity Profits
At-home children's nursing care is dominated by a company assembled through a series of corporate takeovers that has two goals — quality care and maximizing profit.
Feds Unleash $130 Million For Disability Housing
Millions of dollars are headed to communities across the country to provide affordable housing to people with disabilities, federal officials say.
Walmart Altering Disability Employment Policy
Under a settlement with the EEOC, the country's largest private employer will change a policy affecting workers with disabilities nationwide.
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Bank Began Hiring People With Disabilities 20 Years Ago, And It Paid Off
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.
Autism Speaks Revenue Surges
The nation's largest autism advocacy group is reporting a big spike in fundraising.
Manager Who Enslaved Man With Intellectual Disability Gets 10 years In Prison
A restaurant manager who used violence, threats, isolation and intimidation to force a man with intellectual disability to work for years without pay was sentenced to 10 years in prison.