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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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A new drama opening on Broadway stars an Academy Award nominee as the mother of a child with disabilities.

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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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Federal officials are reshaping the rules surrounding community-based services for people with disabilities in an effort to improve access and strengthen the direct support professional workforce.

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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.

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The Social Security Administration is making another update to how it calculates Supplemental Security Income benefits, this time to ensure its rules are applied more equitably across the country.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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