Nov 8, 2024 · Many of these types of policy changes are echoed in Project 2025, a 900-page conservative playbook from the Heritage Foundation. Though Trump has distanced himself from the plan, it is widely viewed as a possible blueprint for his second term.

Nov 18, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but experts are split on what that would mean for students with disabilities across the nation.

6 days ago · Court Finds Man Liable For $120 Million Missing From Special Needs Trusts. A federal judge has ruled that a Florida businessman is liable for a $122 million shortfall found in the books of a bankrupt nonprofit that oversaw special needs trust funds for more than 2,000 people.

Scientists studying developmental disabilities and other conditions are trying to assess the impact after federal health officials halted communications, travel and public activities. After his daughter was born with Down syndrome, a Major League Baseball first baseman decided to …

Feb 13, 2020 · President Donald Trump is proposing cuts to countless programs benefiting people with disabilities, advocates say, touching everything from Medicaid to employment and autism treatment.

Nov 3, 2023 · The ranking factored housing affordability, the employment rate for people with disabilities, the cost of in-home care, wheelchair accessibility and the availability of special educators, home health aides and doctors, among other considerations.

Jul 25, 2024 · In the book, Fred Trump describes bringing a group of advocates to the White House in May 2020 to meet with top officials including then-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and then-President Donald Trump.

Sep 3, 2024 · Easterseals Southern California is behind the ad campaign, which was produced by the creative agency The House of JOY. The disability organization said it worked with people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities on the PSA and employed people with disabilities to produce it.

Dec 4, 2024 · “In the decades since Section 14(c) was included in the Fair Labor Standards Act, there have been significant legal and policy developments that have dramatically expanded employment opportunities and rights for individuals with disabilities,” said …

Nov 21, 2024 · With Republicans set to assume control in Washington, disability advocates are warning that proposals are in the works to drastically reshape Medicaid and undermine the nation’s system of home and community-based services.