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Kennedy’s Comments About ASD Draw Backlash

Autism advocates are pushing back after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that kids on the spectrum will never have a job, play baseball, go on a date and more.

April 21, 2025
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Protesters Rally Against Electric Shock Devices Used On Those With Disabilities

Outside the only facility in the country known to use electric shock devices to address behaviors in people with disabilities, former residents are speaking out and hoping to end the practice.

April 21, 2025
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CDC Raises Autism Prevalence Estimate

Federal officials are releasing new data showing that the estimated number of U.S. children with autism has increased once again.

April 16, 2025

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RFK Jr. Promises To Uncover Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September

The nation's top health official is promising to determine by this fall why autism rates have surged in recent decades.

April 11, 2025
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Wait For Community Placements Can Take Years For Those With IDD

Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities in one state want to leave institutional settings for the community, records show. In some cases they wait for years with no end in sight.

April 11, 2025
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Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations For People With Disabilities

From halting diversity programs to making federal staffing cuts, advocates say the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.

April 10, 2025

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Ikea Launches Collection Of Accessible Products

A major home furnishings retailer is introducing a new line of products designed to make life easier for people with disabilities.

April 9, 2025
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Ed Department Faces Questions About Future Of Special Education

Federal lawmakers are seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Education amid efforts to shutter the agency and reassign "special needs" programs elsewhere.

April 8, 2025
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Autism Organization Sets Guinness World Record

With a Guinness World Records adjudicator on hand, an organization that provides services for individuals with autism sought to do something for the very first time, all in the name of awareness.

April 8, 2025

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Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt Caregiving Industry

Families, nursing facilities and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to do jobs that are demanding and hard to fill, but anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor.

April 8, 2025
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Disability Advocates Sue Over ‘Systematic Dismantling’ Of Social Security

Disability advocates are suing over "reckless and devastating" changes imposed by the Trump administration that they say are undermining Social Security's ability to serve beneficiaries.

April 7, 2025
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With New Initiative, Video Game Makers Highlight Accessibility

Microsoft, Nintendo and other big players in the world of video games are banding together to make it easier for people with disabilities to know if games are accessible.

April 4, 2025

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