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Cronkite News podcast “In Focus” explores what it’s like to be the parent of a child with autism far away from big-city resources. The podcasts follows one family with a four-year-old son who has autism. Read more
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Pew data shows that there’s a gap in technology use between those who have a disability and those who do not. Read more
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For-profit care for disabled people may have lead to a lack of oversight for such programs in Georgia, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Read more
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The group Journalist’s Resource examines a study on the prevalence of reported disability in all 50 states. Read more
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The Huffington Post highlights women who are vlogging about disability on YouTube. Read more
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Ecuador’s presidential front-runner Lenín Moreno, who is paraplegic, has connected with other people with disabilities, energizing the group who feel that they have been “ostracized for generations.” Read more
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In Burkina Faso, where 10 percent of the population has a disability, women are forming disability unions. The groups are confronting entrenched stigma in the country to change perception. Read more
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In the U.K., cuts to disability from the government are driven by “a perverse ideology” about disabled people, according to a Guardian columnist. Benefits in the country are set to shrink by nearly 30 percent. Read more
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Unemployment rates for people with disabilities are significantly higher across America–especially in West Virginia, where around 25 percent of disabled people are employed. Some states are working to reduce those numbers, following a South Dakota state agency’s example. Read more
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An actress in the new Broadway production of “The Glass Menagerie” uses a wheelchair. The New York Times calls it “progress,” while other critics object to its impact on the source material. Read more
