The U.S. Department of Justice says states have no legal obligation to serve people with developmental disabilities in the ...

Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm ...

As Disability Employment Awareness Month 2009 comes to a close, it does so with two momentous pieces of legislation being introduced by D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Chairman of the Human ...

The Arc of Washington is the state’s oldest intellectual and developmental disabilities rights organization. While the R-word has long been considered a slur to refer to those with mental disabilities ...

The Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities serves as Nevada's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). The UCEDDs were established and funded by the Developmental ...

Kellie Lightbourn visited the ARC of Martin County to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities ...

They are mostly hidden by their parents and care-givers. They are kept away from the rest of the world. They are isolated, ...