The Arc of Missouri’s campaign “Missouri Can’t Wait” seeks to get the word out about the lack of state services for people with developmental disabilities.
After Nathan Gutierrez transferred into Cal State Bakersfield in early 2006 upon completion of his associate degree at Bakersfield College, he found out his left kidney was failing. But that didn’t stop him from pursuing a degree.
The state Senate Health and Senior Services Committee has approved legislation that would remove demeaning and disrespectful terms for individuals with developmental disabilities from state law.
For the second time in a year, New York legislators are considering changing the name of one of the only state agencies in the country with “retardation” still in its title.
On the credenza in Marca Bristo’s sunny downtown Access Living office are a Barbie doll in a wheelchair, a photograph of one of Bristo’s two grown children and awards for her equal rights work on behalf of people with disabilities.
As part of National Homeowners Awareness Month, the University of Southern Mississippi’s Institute for Disability Studies is helping people with disabilities get available resources in purchasing a home.
Workers at a center for distressed children provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight of biting and bruising as staffers laughed, cheered and promised the winners a precious prize: after-school snacks.