Advocates and community members on Thursday launched a newly-formed Connecticut chapter of a national disability rights ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the state’s congressional delegation joined disability rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday to rally against anticipated federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Connecticut State Department of Education. A report released by Disability Rights Connecticut and the state Office of the ...

Rep. Anne Hughes speaks at a press conference in Hartford on April 10, 2025 to advocate for changes to the income limit for disabled people to qualify for Medicaid in Connecticut. Credit: Laura ...

Financial thresholds to qualify for HUSKY C are unfair to many people with disabilities across Connecticut, advocates said.

NBC Connecticut first met Esteban Gonzales on Oct. 8 at Sunset Ridge apartments. He was part of a group advocating for a tenant union and demonstrated how he scoots up and down the stairs with his ...

May 28— Laura DiErrico had a history with Connecticut's Medicaid program long before she joined a lawsuit against the department that administers it. DiErrico is one of two plaintiffs represented ...

Students with disabilities are being placed in out-of-state, private special education schools with little oversight, which is leading to injuries and an overuse of restraints and seclusion, according ...

Many people worry about the job market, but for adults with disabilities, their opportunities are even more limited. Eighty percent of adults with disabilities do not have a job in the United States.