A Toronto nonprofit says it's launched the province's first harm reduction program for adults with intellectual ...

Toronto-based Safer Steps My Way is the province's first harm reduction program for adults with intellectual disabilities. CBC's Talia Ricci speaks to staff about how the program provides safe, stigma ...

A bill that aims to restore a program allowing parents of disabled children to be paid for their work as caregivers is at a ...

Nano 108 Brewing Company collaborated with the “Story by R-M” program to release a specialty beer in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day on Saturday, March 22.

This is why three disability rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit this week against Department, charging that its 911 ...

Thousand Oaks High School was named to the 2025 ESPN Honor Roll and celebrated by the Special Olympics for its commitment to ...

Over the past year, multibillion dollar cuts in federal and state funding for health care have led to job cuts at hospitals — ...

Since 2014, there has been a federal law allowing disabled persons who are getting government assistance like Supplemental Security Income payments (SSI) or Medicaid coverage to accumulate funds into ...

A generous inheritance can, paradoxically, leave a vulnerable loved one worse off. The solution is a Special Needs Trust — and every Idaho family in this situation should understand how it works.

Gardea runs the local nonprofit MindShiftED, which aims to inform and equip parents of students with special needs and those who only speak Spanish. Her advocacy in this space runs deep.

Colorado officials say autism therapy providers saw an opportunity to make money in a new field without much federal guidance ...

A little-known state law is getting new attention as families and advocates for people with serious mental illness look for more ways to reach those who refuse help. For June Dudas, the issue took on ...