Hundreds of developmental disability advocates rallied Thursday to dissuade lawmakers from making a massive budget cut to the agency that oversees services -- a last "Hail Mary" effort before ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal government spent $80.6 billion to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 2021 alone. A new report breaks down where it went. Researchers from the University of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...