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Developmentally disabled and neurodiverse communities have long been overlooked in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) conversations. The omission is rooted in the circumstances by which the ...

JoHanna Pratt, a 32-year-old developmentally disabled woman, says she’d like to be able to take walks by herself, to visit friends and to participate in Special Olympics softball practices without ...

HANOVER — Packed to the refrigerator are pictures of his family smiling brightly. On a wall leading from the living room to the bedroom is a plaque from Employment Horizon proclaiming Stephen Somich ...

SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS, BILL. CALLING IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED WAITLIST IS NOW OVER. FAMILIES NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT OR MORE YEARS ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...

OUR NEXT HELPER GIVES PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES THE HELP THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT, FULFILLED LIVES. SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE, I DIDN’T NEVER KNOW I COULD DO ALL THE THINGS I COULD ACCOMPLISH.

Pearl S. Kyei does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A 47-year-old "developmentally disabled" woman was found Saturday three weeks after she disappeared in New York on the subway in lower Manhattan, officials say. Samantha Primus, a Brooklyn resident ...

ROCHESTER — An interaction between an Olmsted County detention deputy and a detainee was not going well. But this wasn't a case of someone bucking authority in the jail. Instead, the inmate was ...

Since the beginning of this year, many legislators and critics have dubbed Common Core "developmentally inappropriate." They argue that the new Math and English standards should be repealed because ...

DOUG: BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS AN ESPANOLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BEING TASED. CHRISTINE: IT HAS GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF A LOCAL ATTORNEY, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, AND THE ATTORNEY ...