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The U.S. District Court in Georgia reported they found the state negligible when it comes to protecting people with developmental disabilities. The Peach State is not holding up their end of the bargain they made with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the services offered in non-institutional settings to…
Renken Dentistry is giving people with disabilities something to smile about: career opportunities. Josh Renken has owned his practice since 2003 and just last year, after expanding his practice to Texas, instituted a vocational program for people with developmental differences. Inspired by his daughter, who has a developmental difference, this…
Social media companies have left people with disabilities behind when it comes to designing apps. The world of social media can do wonders for people with disabilities. It opens a world of communication that this population have been deprived of. However, with the fad in technology leaning toward flair and…
Fate of Disabled Workers in Hands of Senate Republicans The House of Representatives voted 231-199 on Thursday passing the Raise the Wage Act to bump the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour incrementally over six years. The bill would also increase the subminimum wage for employees with disabilities, tipped…
We Should Have a Say in Our Fate When natural disasters hit, people with disabilities are often disregarded. This is why the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council announced a resolution that tackles the rights of people with disabilities in connection with climate change. The resolution calls for world leaders…
On one of the biggest nights in sports, one of its biggest inspirational figures got to address some of the most recognized athletes. Rob Mendez received the Jimmy V award for courage. He is just a junior-varsity football coach, but he is an inspiration because he has become who he…
A school district in Peoria, Ill., is being sued for putting a “screaming bucket” on a student with autism. The incident occurred while a 7-year-old student was being transported on a school bus. The boy would not stop screaming, so the driver, Alan Curry, and bus aide, Kathy Webster, put…
Vernon Gray lived in the same house in Seattle, Wash., for 50 years. That is where his two parents took care of their adoptive son with developmental disabilities. That was until 2000 when his mother died and Gray was suddenly left to fend for himself. His house, much like his…
A celebration of summer nearing quickly turned into a cringe-worthy moment for one set of parents at Bailly Preparatory Academy in Gary, Indiana. The parents of special needs student Akalis Castejon were horrified when the teacher awarded him with the “Most Annoying Male,” and the school’s name was even misspelled…
Although President Trump backtracked on cutting funding for Special Olympics, disability rights advocates are wary that this may be a sign of things to come. Under his new spending plan, which comes out to just under 5 trillion dollars Medicare, employment support for people with disabilities and training and research…
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