DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of ...
Disability Scoop

Trump Administration Claims People With Disabilities Don’t Have Right To Community-Based Services

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

District Councilmembers Introduce Disability Rights Legislation

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 ...
unr.edu

Nevada's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)

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 ...
CNN

Kids’ developmental disability diagnoses became more common during pandemic, but autism rates held steady, CDC report says

Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...
Medical Xpress

Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. children has a developmental disability: CDC

More kids in the United States are getting a developmental disability diagnosis, with prevalence close to 9% in 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Among 3- to ...