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A bipartisan committee vote in the U.S. #Senate is adding to mounting opposition to a Department of Education plan to outsource many #SpecialEducation responsibilities. #EducationDepartment
Pushback On Ed Department Plan To Offload Special Education Intensifies
A bipartisan committee vote in the U.S. Senate is adding to mounting opposition to a Department of Education plan to outsource many special education responsibilities.
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A musical reimagining the events of a 1977 San Francisco sit-in that pressured federal officials to enforce the first major disability rights law is set for its world premiere. #disabilities #DisabilityRights
'504: The Musical' Revisits Protest That Advanced Disability Rights Movement
A musical reimagining the events of a 1977 San Francisco sit-in that pressured federal officials to enforce the first major disability rights law is set for its world premiere.
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As artificial intelligence proliferates in American life, new research finds that the technology is poised to amplify stereotypes about people with intellectual #disabilities. #AI #ChatGPT #Claude
AI Has Ideas About Intellectual Disabilities. It's Not Always Accurate
As artificial intelligence proliferates in American life, new research finds that the technology is poised to amplify stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities.
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Under federal pressure to prevent #fraud, one state's race to revalidate social service organizations has had some damaging side effects for programs serving adults with developmental #disabilities. #Medicaid
Care Left In Limbo Amid Medicaid Fraud Crackdown
Under federal pressure to prevent fraud, one state's race to revalidate social service organizations has had some damaging side effects for programs serving adults with developmental disabilities.
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For the second time in a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated a key page on its website about #autism and #vaccines, doubling down on the idea that the science is unsettled. #CDC #disabilities
CDC Faces Renewed Criticism Over Stance On Autism, Vaccines
For the second time in a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated a key page on its website about autism and vaccines, doubling down on the idea that the science is unsettled.
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There are just 12 programs nationwide that train people to teach those who are #blind, #VisuallyImpaired or #deafblind. Part of the process is learning the hidden work of travel for people with #disabilities. #accessibility
Students Navigate Airport Blindfolded To Understand Traveling While Visually Impaired
There are just 12 programs nationwide that train people to teach those who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind. Part of the process is learning the hidden work of travel for people with disabili...
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A medication tailored to Connor Dalby's genetic characteristics cut his #seizures by 90%, allows him sleep better and ride in a car without screaming. There's hope it could help others. #epilepsy #disabilities #autism
This Teen Once Had Hundreds Of Seizures A Day. Now He Can Walk Thanks To An Experimental Drug
A medication tailored to Connor Dalby's genetic characteristics cut his seizures by 90%, allows him sleep better and ride in a car without screaming. There's hope it could help others.
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A new rule will make it easier for the U.S. to turn away #immigrants with #disabilities and may also dissuade children of immigrants who are citizens from accessing #Medicaid and other public benefits.
Trump Administration Rule May Have 'Chilling Effect' On Immigrants With Disabilities
A new rule will make it easier for the U.S. to turn away immigrants with disabilities and may also dissuade children of immigrants who are citizens from accessing Medicaid and other public benefits.
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The Trump administration is withholding more #Medicaid payments, citing suspected fraud and compliance concerns involving programs serving people with developmental #disabilities and others.
Medicaid Withholds Over $1 Billion In Funds To States
The Trump administration is withholding more Medicaid payments, citing suspected fraud and compliance concerns involving programs serving people with developmental disabilities and others.
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Amid an ongoing shortage in the #SpecialEducation workforce, a six-week program will train people to help support students with #disabilities in struggling school districts.
Academy Launches To Train Paraeducators
Amid an ongoing shortage in the special education workforce, a six-week program will train people to help support students with disabilities in struggling school districts.
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Federal officials are delaying a meeting of a key #autism panel after advocates became alarmed that the public was given just days to comment on a plan to reshape the government’s approach to the developmental disability. #disabilities #IACC
After Uproar, Feds Back Off Rushed Effort To Approve New Autism Plan
Federal officials are delaying a meeting of a key autism panel after advocates became alarmed that the public was given just days to comment on a plan to reshape the government's approach to the disab...
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Through a new arrangement, #Netflix will make hundreds of hours of programing for kids and families more accessible to those with #disabilities. #accessibility
Netflix Making Kids' Shows More Accessible
Through a new arrangement, Netflix will make hundreds of hours of programing for kids and families more accessible to those with disabilities.
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The number of students with #disabilities in inclusive classrooms across the country jumped substantially in recent years, according to a new government report. #SpecialEducation
Students With Disabilities Increasingly Served In General Education Classes
The number of students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms across the country jumped substantially in recent years, according to a new government report.
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Years-long waiting lists to get a diagnosis and lengthy drives to access services are just some of the hurdles that parents of kids with #autism say they contend with. #disabilities
Parents Of Children With Autism Frustrated Over Long Wait Times, Denials Of Service
Years-long waiting lists to get a diagnosis and lengthy drives to access services are just some of the hurdles that parents of kids with autism say they contend with.
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The documentary showcases a theater company for adults with #disabilities created by a couple who wanted to give their son with #DownSyndrome a shot at a starring role and a sense of community.
New Film Spotlights Theater Company For People With Disabilities
The documentary showcases a theater company for adults with disabilities created by a couple who wanted to give their son with Down syndrome a shot at a starring role and a sense of community.
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The Trump administration is tossing aside key guidance that federal officials have used to steer enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act for more than a decade. #disabilities #ADA #Olmstead
Justice Department Deems Major ADA Guidance 'Not Enforceable'
The Trump administration is tossing aside key guidance that federal officials have used to steer enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act for more than a decade.
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New estimates show that #colleges are serving far more students with #autism than previously thought and they may not even know it. #disabilities
Colleges Likely Serving More Students With Autism Than They Realize
New estimates show that colleges are serving far more students with autism than previously thought and they may not even know it.
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Former #Meta employees say the social media giant is using artificial intelligence to target workers with #disabilities as part of mass layoffs.
Meta Accused Of Using AI To Target Workers With Disabilities For Layoff
Former Meta employees say the social media giant is using artificial intelligence to target workers with disabilities as part of mass layoffs.
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The #WhiteHouse is pushing back on a long-running lawsuit over its disability #accommodations by challenging the right of people with #disabilities to sue the federal government. #accessibility #discrimination
White House Wants To Make It Harder For People With Disabilities To Sue Federal Agencies
The White House is pushing back on a long-running lawsuit over its disability accommodations by challenging the right of people with disabilities to sue the federal government.
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A program helping individuals with #DownSyndrome learn everything from personal hygiene to leisure as they prepare for adulthood is expanding to dozens of locations around the U.S. and Mexico. #disabilities
Down Syndrome Self-Advocacy Program To Expand Nationwide
A program helping individuals with Down syndrome learn everything from personal hygiene to leisure as they prepare for adulthood is expanding to dozens of locations around the U.S. and Mexico.
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A feature film about an activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement" is set to debut. #DisabilityRights #disabilities #Apple
Apple Readies Movie About Prominent Disability Rights Activist
A feature film about an activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement" is set to debut.
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A portion of sales from a new wine label will go toward employment and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental #disabilities, with an ultimate goal of including such workers in making future products.
Napa Wine Label To Support Jobs For Adults With IDD
A portion of sales will go toward employment and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with an ultimate goal of including such workers in making future wines.
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Frustrated by inaccessible websites, some people with #disabilities are taking legal action, but advocates say the approach is a distraction and doesn't yield improvements. #accessibility
Website Accessibility Lawsuits Don't Create Lasting Change, Advocates Say
Frustrated by inaccessible websites, some people with disabilities are taking legal action, but advocates say the approach is a distraction and doesn't yield improvements.
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Federal education officials are offering up more specifics about their plans to offload many #SpecialEducation responsibilities, but their efforts to reassure stakeholders are doing little to ease concerns. #disabilities
Ed Department Details Plans To Outsource Special Education, Relocate Staff
Federal education officials are offering up more specifics about their plans to offload many special ed responsibilities, but their efforts to reassure stakeholders are doing little to ease concerns.
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An actress with #autism and a reality show about individuals on the spectrum who are looking for love are both in the running for #EmmyAwards. #disabilities #ThePitt #LoveOnTheSpectrum
TV Shows With Autism Focus Snag Emmy Nominations
An actress with autism and a reality show about individuals on the spectrum who are looking for love are both in the running for Emmy Awards.
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A national study is working to understand why adults with #DownSyndrome are more likely to develop #Alzheimer's disease. #disabilities
Study Will Research Alzheimer's In People With Down Syndrome
A national study is working to understand why adults with Down syndrome are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
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Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal #SpecialEducation law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple years in a row. #disabilities
Most States Fail To Meet IDEA Requirements, Feds Say
Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal special education law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple years in a row.
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As #PrivateEquity firms buy up #GroupHomes for people with intellectual and developmental #disabilities, one state is taking steps to ensure that these owners don't compromise care.
Group Homes Owned By Private Equity Could Face Added Scrutiny
As private equity firms buy up group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, one state is taking steps to ensure that these owners don't compromise care.
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One of the biggest names in the beauty business is taking steps to better accommodate people who are #neurodivergent. #disabilities #autism #Sephora #inclusion
Sephora Introduces 'Quiet Hours' At Stores Worldwide
One of the biggest names in the beauty business is taking steps to better accommodate people who are neurodivergent.
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When a frantic mother called 911 to report that her 3-year-old son with #autism was missing, the dispatcher immediately asked questions she had learned just weeks earlier during a specialized training. #disabilities
How Autism Response Training Helped Save A Missing Toddler
When a frantic mother called 911 to report that her 3-year-old son with autism was missing, the dispatcher immediately asked questions she had learned just weeks earlier during a specialized training.
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