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PAM MALIN, lead advocacy specialist, Disability Rights Wisconsin People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by ...
East End Disability Associates received a $180,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to help the underserved ...
Medicaid has long suffered from an image problem Despite ample recent news coverage about possible deep federal cuts to the program — some misperceptions persist that it is simply a “government ...
ATLANTA — Georgia makes it harder than any other state for an individual to prove they are legally exempt from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability. A bill that would change ...
House Bill 123 lowers the burden of proof for intellectual disability claims in capital cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence," aligning Georgia with other states.
Its original site in The Ampersand complex was a big dream to empower people with intellectual and development disabilities with life skills they need to thrive in the workplace and beyond.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS) - Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare from the federal government ...
Longitudinal Dynamics in the Ageing of People with an Intellectual Disability - IDS-TILDA Wave 5 Longitudinal Dynamics in the Ageing of People with an Intellectual Disability - IDS-TILDA Wave 5.
In this brief, we discuss the important role of states in collecting disability data from diverse sources to inform health equity for people with disabilities. We also discuss the public health ...
SAN ANTONIO – A coalition of six local nonprofits serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or IDD, has launched a new survey to get feedback directly from families and ...
“It creates a dangerous disconnect: When people don’t have meaningful relationships with individuals with intellectual disabilities, using this slur feels abstract — like there’s no real ...