Last year, 22.5% of people with a disability were employed, the highest percentage since the data was first collected in 2008. Thanks to a resilient labor market, more remote work opportunities, and ...
A recent report on employment for people with intellectual disabilities shows that the lack of work opportunities is due to systemic barriers not individual limitations. KALW’s Rachel Longan has more.
As a person on the autism spectrum, having ever-changing support workers has been a source of great anxiety for me. After establishing a relationship with one, they have inevitably left the agency and ...
An awful car accident three decades ago meant partial paralysis, a long hospital stay, a painful rehabilitation and eventual return to walking with an abiding limp for Lisa Smith. Years later, a ...
Two North Country SUNY schools are launching free programs to train people to support those with developmental disabilities. They'll teach skills like assisting with physical needs, following ethical ...