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Hulu Releasing Rosie O’Donnell Documentary On Service Dogs
Rosie O’Donnell is bringing attention to the transformative role that service dogs can play for young people with disabilities in a new documentary. The film “Unleashing Hope: The Power of […]
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Kennedy’s Comments About ASD Draw Backlash
Autism advocates are pushing back after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that kids who are on the spectrum will never have a job, […]
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CDC Raises Autism Prevalence Estimate
Federal officials are releasing new data showing that the estimated number of U.S. children with autism has increased once again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that […]
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Wait For Community Placements Can Take Years For Those With IDD
CHICAGO — Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois […]
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RFK Jr. Promises To Uncover Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September
The nation’s top health official is promising to determine by this fall why autism rates have surged in recent decades. In a cabinet meeting Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Health and […]
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Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations For People With Disabilities
For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf. No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say. Gone, too, […]
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Ikea Launches Collection Of Accessible Products
A major home furnishings retailer is introducing a new line of products designed to make life easier for people with disabilities. Ikea said this month that it is rolling out […]
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Ed Department Faces Questions About Future Of Special Education
Federal lawmakers are seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Education amid efforts to shutter the agency and reassign “special needs” programs elsewhere. In a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, […]
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Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt Caregiving Industry
Venezuelan immigrant Alanys Ortiz has been Josephine Senek’s caregiver for more than two years, but Ortiz’s authorization to legally live and work in the U.S. is now in question and […]
