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Target, Disney Expand Costume Options For Those With Special Needs
With Halloween fast approaching, some major retailers are dramatically expanding the costume choices for kids and adults with disabilities.
Advocates Turn To Video Visits To Monitor Facilities, And Find There Are Some Benefits
When the pandemic restricted visits to care facilities, a disability nonprofit faced a dilemma: How do you make sure residents are protected if you can't enter the building?
Roommate Program Looks To Improve Disability Caregiving
The "Rumi" program brings together people with developmental disabilities and full-time roommates who care for them in their homes, all at lower cost than traditional group homes.
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Hopes Fade For Coronavirus Relief For People With Disabilities
Another round of stimulus checks and long-sought funding to ease the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic on home- and community-based services are looking increasingly uncertain.
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Could Leave People With Disabilities Behind
With plans now in the works for distributing a coronavirus vaccine, there are worries that despite the high risk they face, people with developmental disabilities may not be given priority.
Pandemic Job Losses Pile Up For Those With IDD
As disability service providers work to keep their clients engaged in training and employed, they're balancing the availability of jobs with safety and the comfort levels of families.
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Academy Awards Make Push For Increased Disability Representation
For the first time, movies will have to meet inclusion standards in order to contend for best picture at the Oscars and disability representation is a significant piece of the puzzle.
Police Shoot 13-Year-Old With Autism After Mom Calls 911 For Help
When the mother of a teen with autism called 911 to get help during a meltdown, she expected a crisis team to de-escalate the situation. Instead, the boy was shot when he ran from police.
COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacting Those With Developmental Disabilities
The life-altering effects of COVID-19 have been tougher on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities than just about anyone else and they need more support, experts warn.
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‘Sesame Street’ Changing Attitudes About Autism
Five years after "Sesame Street" put its focus on autism, new research suggests the show's materials are changing minds among parents of kids with and without the developmental disorder.
How To Adapt Special Education To The Remote-Learning Reality
As another period of distance learning dawns for many students across the nation, parents, educators and service providers are offering recommendations and advice for special education.
Siblings Rally Around Their Sister With Down Syndrome
Even as their sister with Down syndrome sees her health deteriorate from dementia, a tight-knit group of siblings is determined to care for her themselves, taking on rotating shifts each day.