Ann Chouinard and Aaron Mertes are two new employees at Central Lakes College, hired for the Check and Connect disabilities support program. They are referred to as “coaches” who will work as part of ...
FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - A notable graduate from the University of North Alabama is dedicating a program to his parents. Col. Milton Looney is naming the Disability Support Services program at UNA in ...
Chastened after failing to include disabilities work when it revamped its grant-making strategy to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation has launched its first U.S. disability-rights program. The ...
Everywhere we go, people stare. My daughter, Lauren, and I might just be picking up milk together at the grocery store or walking around the neighborhood, but people cannot look away. Lauren was born ...
Undergraduate, graduate and professional students are advocating for the institution of an official disability studies department at Yale. The Yale Disability Studies Network, a multidisciplinary ...
Ginny Clark, a longtime client at disability support nonprofit Our Own Lives, has had the unique opportunity to shape her own disability care at the organization. Clark, who has a cognitive, visual ...
The SKN Foundation will host a community-wide celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday, Dec. 3, bringing together advocates, families, and leaders committed to ...