WASHINGTON Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when ...
“These are very hard-won jobs,” Peter Berns, chief executive of The Arc, the world’s largest national community-based organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said ...
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In Guilford, two women set out to open a small business that's in the business of helping people with autism, developmental and intellectual disabilities find jobs. At The W.A.V.E. gelato shop, each ...
A Massachusetts nonprofit is making sure everyone has a community and purpose, helping people with disabilities live more independent lives. The Road to Responsibility houses and employs more than ...
People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...