In 1987 President Ronald Reagan dedicated March as National Developmental Disabilities Month to increase awareness for Americans with developmental disabilities and to provide “both encouragement and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For 24-year-old Marquez Jones and his mother, it's a bridge to a brighter future. "It's life-changing. It's life-changing to be able to give him the skills that he needs to be, to ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Administration created a groundbreaking advocacy and leadership training program to give ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The latest group of participants in a job training program for those with physical and developmental disabilities celebrated their graduation Friday afternoon. Project SEARCH helps ...

CHICAGO — Applications are now open for ComEd’s Energy Force Ambassador Program, a job training program for adults with developmental disabilities. According to ComEd, those who are chosen to ...

Students and volunteers in a health and fitness class at a My Possibilities facility in a 2019 file photo. The Plano non-profit recently broke ground on a career services center to expand its services ...

INDUSTRY, Calif. (KABC) -- Some members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department participated in an immersive experience to prepare themselves to better handle people with autism and ...

Clark County families, advocates and leaders at the county’s developmental disabilities board say more progress is needed to provide opportunities for people with developmental disabilities as the ...

Chandler police have increased training around interactions with people who have intellectual or developmental disabilities through such events as Pizza With a Cop in 2019. Credit: Chandler Police ...

Students walk to class on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022. (Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune, Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s ...

RICHMOND — Virginia has made enough progress in improving services for people with developmental disabilities that a federal judge this week ended a Justice Department consent decree the state has ...