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Amazon To Pilot Comedy Featuring Actors With Down Syndrome

Details: Published: Tuesday, 24 October 2017 00:33

Amazon is introducing a new half-hour comedy from the creator of "Sex and the City" that features a slew of actors with Down syndrome....

States Tightening The Leash On Fake Service Dogs

Details: Published: Monday, 23 October 2017 00:06

A growing number of states are enacting laws designed to keep people from passing off their pets as legitimately trained service animals....

Trump Administration Rescinds Special Ed Guidance

Details: Published: Friday, 20 October 2017 14:47

The U.S. Department of Education is withdrawing dozens of guidance documents addressing everything from transition to due process as part of an...

Handcuffing Of Kids With Disabilities ‘Excessive Force,’ Judge Rules

Details: Published: Friday, 20 October 2017 14:11

The handcuffing of two elementary-age students with disabilities by a school resource officer "was an unconstitutional seizure and excessive force,"...

Target, Tommy Hilfiger Expand Adaptive Clothing Lines

Details: Published: Thursday, 19 October 2017 00:01

Two major retailers are significantly expanding their offerings designed to accommodate the unique needs of people with disabilities and there's...

Teacher Allegedly Held Class Vote On ‘Annoying’ Boy With ASD

Details: Published: Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:01

An elementary school teacher forced a 9-year-old boy with autism to stand in front of his class twice while classmates voted on whether the boy was...

Social Class May Influence Autism Diagnosis

Details: Published: Tuesday, 17 October 2017 13:46

Even as autism prevalence has increased, new research finds that the likelihood of getting diagnosed with the developmental disorder remains largely...

Hundreds Of Proms In The Works For Those With Special Needs

Details: Published: Tuesday, 17 October 2017 13:30

Planning is underway for hundreds of proms specifically for people with disabilities that are set to take place around the world on a single day....

Employee Allegedly Stole Nearly $6 Million From Arc Chapter

Details: Published: Monday, 25 September 2017 00:01

A 69-year-old woman has been indicted for stealing more than $5.7 million from a nonprofit dedicated to serving people with developmental...

Feds Urged To Strengthen Autism Transition

Details: Published: Friday, 22 September 2017 15:19

The federal government should do more to streamline the experience of youth with autism transitioning to adulthood, according to a new report to...

Report: Direct Care Workers Can’t Afford To Stay In Jobs

Details: Published: Friday, 22 September 2017 14:03

The direct support professionals that many people with disabilities rely on are barely getting by, with new data showing they make little more than...

ADA Suits Increasingly Target Websites

Details: Published: Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:24

Lawsuits filed against three large companies this month alleging that their websites violate the ADA are part of a growing wave of claims targeting...

Farm Eases Haircut Anxiety For Kids On The Spectrum

Details: Published: Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:01

The drone of voices, buzz of clippers and shearing of scissors in the confined space of a beauty salon are often too much for those with autism, so...

Service Dog Company Accused Of Scamming Customers

Details: Published: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 13:22

A company is under investigation for allegedly selling animals that are poorly and improperly trained, including some that lack the temperament to be...

Student Invents Assistive Tech For Those With Disabilities Like Hers

Details: Published: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 13:15

Largely paralyzed, Kavita Krishnaswamy needs round-the-clock care and rarely leaves home, but that's not stopping her from designing robotic devices...

Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services Face New Threat

Details: Published: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:01

Disability advocates are decrying a renewed drive to overhaul the nation's health care system that they say would fundamentally alter Medicaid and...

Google Wants Help Tagging Accessible Places

Details: Published: Monday, 18 September 2017 00:01

Google is looking to the public in an effort to make navigating the world easier for people with disabilities....

Netflix Renews Series About Teen With ASD

Details: Published: Friday, 15 September 2017 14:16

Netflix is ordering up more episodes of a series about the experiences of a teen with autism and his family....

Book Club Doesn’t Let Disability Get In The Way

Details: Published: Wednesday, 16 August 2017 00:01

Fifteen years ago the idea of creating book clubs for people with developmental disabilities was met with skepticism. But today, chapters are...

Behavior Therapy Benefits Parents Too, Study Finds

Details: Published: Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:24

Behavior therapy for kids with autism can have an impact that goes far beyond the child, new research suggests, with parents who play an active role...