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A teacher is accused of encouraging bullying and abuse against a 7-year-old, sometimes even holding the boy down while others punched and kicked him, all while telling the boy's parents he made it up.
More than $200 million is being made available in a broad push to establish innovative approaches to transition young people with disabilities into competitive integrated employment.
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Since 2021, at least 13 companies operating about 35 clinics of different sizes have closed or left one state over reimbursement rates that haven't kept up with rising costs.
With a new rule, federal officials say they are streamlining the Medicaid enrollment process in an effort to make it easier for people with disabilities to get coverage and keep it.
In an independent living class, students with disabilities are using Taylor Swift's music to learn about everything from self-regulation and stress management to cooking, geography and more.
New research suggests that more than a third of children with autism ages 8 and under have had suicidal thoughts and not all of these kids are necessarily displaying warning signs.
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Disability providers say that many people with developmental disabilities are on waitlists for group homes and a big reason is that there are not enough direct support professionals to assist them.
More than 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect, federal officials are imposing first-ever rules clarifying how the law applies online.
As the Biden administration prepares to issue new rules aimed at bolstering supports for those with disabilities, the president says that much more work is needed.
Backpacks filled with a curated selection of supplies are helping police, fire personnel and other first responders interact with kids and adults who have trouble communicating.
Cyrus Kia, who has autism and is mostly nonverbal, is training seven days a week as he prepares to swim in three events this spring for a chance to compete in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
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The Social Security Administration is moving forward with a major change to the way it calculates monthly Supplemental Security Income benefits for those with disabilities.
A hotel faces civil rights charges after allegedly hosting a conference for disability advocates while it had no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms on its first floor.
A long-simmering debate over cities' ability to regulate group homes has landed at one state's capitol, as housing providers claim rental licenses have become a "backdoor tool to discriminate."
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