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Disability Scoop
2d ago
Special education students across the nation are increasingly likely to have autism, with new data showing that the percentage has more than doubled in recent years.
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Disability Scoop
2d ago
Efforts are underway to roll back mandatory reporting laws amid concerns about too many unfounded reports that disproportionately harm families of those with disabilities and other groups.
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Disability Scoop
3d ago
New regulations will prohibit health care providers from making treatment decisions based on biases about disabilities and require that accessible exam tables and other equipment be more available.
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Disability Scoop
4d ago
Entrepreneurs from coast to coast recently convened for an awards ceremony. Beyond starting businesses from scratch, they had something else in common: All have disabilities.
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Disability Scoop
5d ago
An Emmy-winning series that follows people with autism as they search for love is getting another season.
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Disability Scoop
5d ago
Families are having an increasingly hard time getting appointments with pediatric specialists putting children at risk for more serious medical problems, developmental setbacks and treatment delays.
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Disability Scoop
5d ago
At 130 feet, the proposed pool would be the deepest in the U.S. and offer a therapeutic deep-water diving experience for people with physical and cognitive disabilities.
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Disability Scoop
6d ago
Services for people with developmental disabilities across the nation could soon face additional cuts, an unintended consequence of a requirement that millions more workers qualify for overtime pay.
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Disability Scoop
1w ago
A new drama opening on Broadway stars an Academy Award nominee as the mother of a child with disabilities.
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Disability Scoop
1w ago
Because autism research has historically focused on males, the diagnostic criteria has long been based on their experience. As a result, nearly 80% of women with autism are undiagnosed at age 18.
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