In the latest National Autism Indicators Report, researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute examined surveys of family members of autistic adults who use Developmental ...

Many families are worried about cuts in the budget that will end programs that help everyone from preschoolers to adults with special needs. “It makes me sad,” Anita Kitchen said. Kitchen is a retired ...

Exacerbated by the pandemic, and years of fewer hires, developmental disability services across the nation are facing a labor shortage of crisis magnitude, health professionals say. The lack of direct ...

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General Assembly budget leaders and Gov. Wes Moore’s administration are planning to delay some cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration, creating temporary stability for services through ...

TULSA, Okla. — People on a decade-long waitlist for developmental disability services are finally coming off that list. It's all in an effort by the state to end the waitlist, but families coming off ...

As lawmakers begin to unpack the budget challenges faced by the Developmental Disabilities Administration, advocates are asking them to remember the human cost of the more than $200 million in ...

Jardini is executive director of the California Disability Services Association and lives in Sacramento. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a state budget in direct conflict with the promise California ...

Kirsten Murphy, executive director of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council, speaks at a news conference. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger Vermont is restructuring the system for ...

Patricia Mouthon adores her 12-year-old son. “He is lovely and cute and amazing and I love him,” said Mouthon, a Virginia Beach resident. But that doesn’t mean taking care of him every day is easy.