News by subject: DIS

Tim Hortons is continuing its longstanding support for Special Olympics Canada with a limited-time fundraising donut campaign to help athletes with an intellectual disability access more opportunities to reach their full potential in sport and in...

Skillr, the iOS app for affordable per-minute instant video chats with professional and amateur language experts as well experts in a broad spectrum of other fields, announced today that it has entered into a series of language lesson and interpreter...

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) today announced the two honorees who will receive the prestigious Helen Keller Achievement Award at a special event on April 19, 2023, at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency in Arlington, Virginia. This year's...

AccessibilityChecker.org, a leading web accessibility knowledge center, has published the results of a study that explores the relationship between web accessibility and search engine optimization (SEO). The study, titled "Does Web Accessibility Have...

Sepsis funding and directives have been included in the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden earlier this month. This marks the first time that sepsis has been included in a federal budget. Sepsis is a...

Today, Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings?Hants, the Honourable John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for Nova Scotia, and Christopher Goddard, Chair of the Kings Point to Point Transit Society, announced joint funding of up to...

January 23, 2023. The year 2022 was a remarkable and historic time for the employment of people with disabilities. That's according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) 2022 Year-End Special Edition, issued by Kessler...

For the second year in a row, Caring Senior Service, a private-duty, non-medical senior home care services company, has been recognized as one of the 200 best franchise opportunities in the United States by Franchise Business Review, a market...

New research led by researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University has examined the depression status of more than 51,000 young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Ontario from 1995 to 2015. The...

Fable, a leading digital accessibility platform, has announced the hiring of Jennifer Chadwick as Senior Accessibility Specialist. With over 15 years in the accessibility industry, Chadwick joins Fable's innovation team to expand product offerings...

Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, alongside the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre, and Raphael Arens, Executive...

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Legal-Bay LLC, The Pre Settlement Funding Company, announces today that traumatic brain injuries are on the rise. Legal-Bay has vast experience in this space, and urges plaintiffs who have suffered a TBI to apply for financial help....

The Mapping for Accessible Built Environments (MABLE) team is hosting a disability accessibility webinar on January 27 from 2 - 3 p.m. EST upon acceptance into the 2022 Cohort,Phase 1 of...

"I wanted to create an accurate and concise navigation and communication system for those who are deaf-blind or suffer from ALS/Lou Gehrig disease," said an inventor, from Denver, Colo., "so I invented the GUIDE. My design could open up new...

22% of Valuable 500 companies publicly disclosed workforce representation of disability (self-ID) percentages in FY 2020-21 Annual Reports and Accounts (ARAs), ESG and Sustainability Reports.Low levels of disability disclosure and lack of...

The Special Needs Alliance (SNA), a national organization comprised of attorneys committed to the practice of disability and public benefits law, is proud to have advocated for and supported the recent passing of the Special Needs Trust (SNT)...

In recent years, adaptive fashion has gradually become mainstream with brands creating more design-forward, inclusive collections. Yet, many of the options available to the adaptive community are not to the design standards young people expect today....

The Autism Science Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding innovative autism research and supporting autism families, encourages more autism families to get involved with research. ASF's new 'Participate in Research' directory...

PS Academy Arizona, located in Gilbert, Arizona, is a private K-12 school for students with autism and other exceptionalities. PS students are grouped by ability and their programs are customized to meet each student's needs. Their commitment to...

Synergies Work, an Atlanta nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs with disabilities, today recapped major milestones it achieved in 2022. The nonprofit continues to work alongside its sponsoring organizations and supporters to bridge the opportunity...

Four Paralympians have been elected by their fellow athletes to the Canadian Paralympic Athletes' Council, the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced today....

"My disabled mother does not tell me when she's wet and I thought there had to be a way for the pull-up to tell me," said an inventor from Dallas, Texas, "so I invented WETNESS ALERT."...

The Stepping Stones Group (Stepping Stones), a premier, national provider of therapeutic, behavioral, autism, nursing, and educational services to children in school, home, and community settings, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Catalyst...

Harmar Mobility recently teamed up with Tampa-based nonprofit Wheelchairs 4 Kids to donate a new modular elevation ramp to young Bradenton, FL native Dillon and his family. Free-spirited Dillon, who has Cerebral Palsy and Duchenne Muscular...

Singer/songwriter/producer Tony Mantor has been on a worldwide media campaign in support of his latest single "Why Not Me", a song he recorded to advance Autism awareness, acceptance, and understanding around the globe. Recently he has signed on to...

A news report from China.org.cn on China's disabled community:   Many people dream of passing the judicial exam and becoming a lawyer, and Tan Ting is one such person. What sets her apart however, is that she is deaf. The judicial exam is one of the...

Following the completion of their annual fundraiser with Disabled American Veterans (DAV), EG Group announced it raised $647,000 in this year's campaign, surpassing previous years in money raised. Throughout the month of November, guests were...

The Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee (EFET) has announced the expansion of its service offerings to people with epilepsy across the entire state. While the organization already had offices in East and Southeast Tennessee, it previously had no...

Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake today released the following statement on today's announcement of Mike Bost (R-Ill.) as Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for the 118th Congress....

Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston, Johnny Strilaeff, President and CEO of Columbia Basin Trust, Suzan Hewat, Mayor of Kaslo and Erika Bird, Chair of the Kaslo...

Melmark has partnered with Swinerton Builders and Ossa Design Studio to design and build a new school facility at its service division in Charlotte, North Carolina. Groundbreaking for the school building, which will provide state-of-the-art and fully...

The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc...

Using $6.5 million in one-time federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, the Special Needs Network will address critical shortages in diverse professionals providing services to children with autism and other developmental disabilities who are members...

The Parker Arts, Culture, and Events (PACE) Center's much-anticipated production of The Sound of Music will open to audiences Friday, January 13. The show will run through February 4 and include a sensory-friendly performance on January 22. The...

The Rocky Mountain ADA Center (RMADAC), a member of the National Network of ADA Centers, is pleased to announce Tess Stanton as its Training Administrator. Working for the organization since 2022, Stanton leads all the RMADAC regional trainings to...

The REINS board of directors announces today that Kaitlyn Siewert will succeed Debbie Shinner as the Executive Director of REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship Program. Dedicating her career to serving the disabled community, Siewert brings twenty years of...

The National Coalition for Access to Autism Services (NCAAS) today applauded the newly enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 for its focus on expanding mental health parity, which will increase equitable access to mental health services...

For the last few years, Jaysa Armstrong and her husband, Justin, have lifted their six-year-old daughter, Fynlee, and her wheelchair in and out of their car each time they make their multiple trips to medical visits and treatment appointments. As she...

Braille Institute celebrates January as "Assistive Technology Month" with over 10 free educational and interactive online technology workshops featuring speakers from the field, as well as hands-on device presentations and demonstrations....

(NGA), the source for complete, customizable, and reliable Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) solutions today announced the successful delivery of the first "live" Next Generation i3 Real-Time Text (RTT) call in Logan County, West Virginia on the...

FACIL'iti, the assistive tech pioneer known for adapting websites for people with disabilities and seniors, has today launched MYdys, its new dyslexia solutions app, at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas. MYdys, an honoree for the CES 2023 Innovation Award,...

Elexicon Energy, the fourth largest electric utility in Ontario, in one of the fastest growing regions of the Greater Toronto Area, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the 2023 Ontario Parasport Games being held in Durham Region from February...

Sally J. Pimentel Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center (DHHC) will offer weekly American Sign Language (ASL) classes in four locations and online via Zoom Technology starting January 4, 2023. Online ASL classes through Zoom technology are offered on...

A holiday wrapping party held on December 17, 2022 marked the last event to benefit Glenkirk organization, the IBJI CARES Foundation's 2022 Charity Partner. IBJI CARES raised $100,000 for the organization over a three-year period, and spent many...

Via many award-winning, national initiatives, Concepts Communications educates employers on ways to include individuals with disabilities in the workforce. During 2022, five of Concepts' projects collectively won 17 awards for...

Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake released the following statement today in response to Congress passing H.R. 7939, also known as the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022. This legislation includes revised...

"I wanted to create a highly-visible device to warn approaching motorists of a disabled car, accident or other roadside problem," said an inventor, from Millcreek, Utah, "so I invented the DRIVES SAFETY AROUND THE WORLD. My design prevents other...

The Independence Fund strongly endorses the VA Caregiver Continuity Act that protects Legacy Veterans and Caregivers in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) from being discharged or having their support reduced...

Linguabee, the largest Deaf-owned and operated interpreting and translation services company in the world, is bee-lighted to announce that we will appoint a new Queen Bee, or CEO, to bring the company to new heights. Our new Queen Bee will be Rayni...