School districts prepare students for post-grad life, but skills and potential are lost as Chicago families try to figure out the next steps on their own. Seven months after he graduated from an ...

Jeff Peck, founder of the Big Wave Project, has received the Icon Award from CBS Bay Area station KPIX 5 TV for his decades-long effort to create a community where adults with intellectual and ...

United Counseling Service is paying the state $483,460 for failures in care for those with developmental disabilities who may pose a risk to themselves and the community.

OPPORTUNITIES. I LOVE GARDENING. GLORIA EDIE DOESN’T MIND GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY AT ALL. IN FACT, SHE ENJOYS EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO GROW. VEGETABLES LIKE PLANTING. LIKE. GETTING THE DIRT AND. PLANT, ...

By Agatha EmeadiChinny Nzekwu is a senior level risk management leader and subject matter expert for a United States federal government agency. She lives with her husband and two adult sons. Dedicated ...

Clearbrook is one of Illinois’ leading service providers for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The non ...

Joy Boe worked in many different areas of service for people with disabilities, but it was an arts program that she really fell in love with, inspiring what would later become the nonprofit she gladly ...

The project, called Nikki's Next Step, would include 57 housing units, most of which would be for-sale condos.

A new study finds more than 12,000 adults with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities live with caregivers over the age of 60. More than 46,000 individuals with autism, intellectual, or ...

Debbie first walked through JESPY House‘s doors in 1988. Since then, she’s learned to live independently, become an artist, and found a job she loves. Like thousands of New Jersey adults with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Salvation Army in the ByWard Market in Ottawa. (Credit: JEAN LEVAC) John is described as a 10 year old living in the body of a ...