News by subject: DIS

It was an incredible night at the circus on Saturday, performed by a multi-abled troupe and raising money for the local Easterseals organization....

OneWell will soon be offering Connecticut Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services. Services will include Blended Supports, Companion Supports, Individualized Day, Respite, and Individualized Home Supports....

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Cochlear Limited , the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today the winners of the 21st annual Graeme Clark, the 12th annual Anders Tjellström, and 1st annual Vocational Scholarships. The Academic Scholarships are named after...

The "Vocational Rehabilitation Services Global Market Report 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global vocational rehabilitation services market will grow from $4.94 billion in 2022 to $5.22 billion in 2023 at a...

Today, MED-EL, a leader in implantable hearing solutions, celebrates together with everyone living with and benefiting from cochlear implants. World Cochlear Implant Day pays tribute to the tremendous technological developments since the modern...

"My mom is 83 and I thought there could be an improved walker to make life easier and safer for her," said an inventor, "so I invented the SLIDING WALKER. My design would provide added traction and stability to help prevent falls."...

Meet 12-year-old Millie. She grew up in Washington Heights and has been blind since birth. Millie is a talented singer with a personality that lights up any room. Millie is one of the lucky ones. With a specialized school close by, Millie received...

The Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill signed by President Biden recently secures $900,000 for Easterseals DC MD VA to launch a new community behavioral health clinic serving Prince George's County, Maryland. The clinic will provide mental...

The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, a member of the National Network of ADA Centers, is pleased to share the details of its agenda for 2023. The organization will launch new initiatives and continue successful programs, building on its 26-year history as...

Ahead of International Cochlear Implant Day (February 25, 2023), Cochlear is announcing that it will now offer Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support on compatible Fire TV devices for people living with hearing implant technology. The...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award $3,906,026 over five years to researchers from the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) to test...

Elite Spectrum ABA has opened a new location in Baytown, TX, and is now accepting new patients. Elite offers individualized therapy services for children with autism, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to help them learn and develop...

Kessler Foundation has received $3,000,000 from the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP) to fund a Vocational Resource Facilitation Demonstration Project (VRFD) to help adults stay in the...

Today, Vestwell, the leading small business and individual savings platform, announced it has been selected to power California's CalABLE program, one of the largest independent ABLE programs in the nation. This marks Vestwell's twentieth ABLE...

Rangam is one of the sponsors of the 2023 John's Crazy Socks Autism Can Do Scholarship, which recognizes and rewards autistic individuals for their creativity in designing. John's Crazy Socks, a New York-based father-son venture with a mission of...

ProvenBase, an Intelligent Sourcing Solution spotlighting diverse, disabled, and underrepresented talent, is excited to announce an advancement in DE&I hiring and a major benefit to all its customers. Raising the bar for accessibility in hiring,...

The Autism Science Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and funding innovative autism research, has announced that Judith Ursitti and her daughter Amy Ursitti will receive this year's Caryn Schwartzman Spirit Awards. The...

The Nora Project invites school administrators and leaders to spend an hour this February to "Rethink Disability." The live-virtual webinar "Rethink Disability: Leading and Supporting All Students" gives attendees an opportunity to reflect on their...

Global Elderly And Disabled Assistive Solutions Market 2023-2027 The analyst has been monitoring the elderly and disabled assistive...

Dysgraphia Life is launching a new project that was approved for a $250,000 award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This project, Building...

The Cultural Inclusion Accelerator, in partnership with ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM), announced today America's most...

Leading veterans service organizations DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), and the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) today released The Independent Budget Veterans' Agenda for the 118th Congress: Budget for FY...

Tax season is upon Alberta residents and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is getting ready to answer questions from taxpayers and make it easier and quicker for them to file their 2022 income tax and benefit return. The CRA wants to make sure each...

Claire's Place Foundation, a non-profit organization providing support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF), is pleased to announce that their Work Proudly Program will be featured at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's BreatheCon...

Therap Services, the national leader in providing HIPAA-compliant software solutions to agencies in Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS), Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and other human services fields, has welcomed former Developmental...

Easterseals ? one of the nation's leading disability and community services providers ? and Voya Cares® ? a program of Voya Financial, Inc. that provides resources, thought leadership and advocacy for disability inclusion ? announced today the...

Over the last ten years, Special Olympics has visited Super Bowl Media Row, changing stereotypes and demonstrating how sports can unify the world. Special Olympics athletes and supporters have visited the Row and participated in hundreds of media...

Kessler Foundation approved approximately $1 million in grants in 2022 to support initiatives that promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace. The Foundation allocated its majority of funding to two categories: Signature...

The Mayor's Office of People with Disabilities (MOPD), Community Safety Coordination Center (CSCC), and the Thierer Family Foundation, an organization helping nonprofits increase their impact through...

Synergies Work, an Atlanta nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs with disabilities, today announced that CareSource, a mission-driven Medicaid plan serving more than 500,000 Georgians, has signed on as the headline sponsor of the inaugural EDDIE...

Food solutions company SpartanNash (the "Company") today announced its annual in-store fundraising campaign through the SpartanNash Foundation, supporting Special Olympics athletes and State Summer Games in eight states. The campaign starts tomorrow...

AMI, in partnership with Anaïd Productions (Mind Set Go), is excited to announce the debut of Ness Murby: Transcending.   Debuting Wednesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. Eastern on AMI-tv and on demand at AMI.ca and on the AMI-tv App, the six-part documentary...

Today, Century 21 Real Estate LLC announced that in 2022 the CENTURY 21® System raised $3.2 million for Easterseals, one of America's largest nonprofit healthcare organizations that, for more than 100 years, has worked tirelessly with its partners to...

Envision, one of the nation's largest employers of and service providers for people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI), has announced a partnership with BRAVO VICTOR, an international research organization headquartered in London and...

After five years of development and testing, the AllsWell smartphone app turns a standard Apple or Android phone into a lifesaver. In a few easy steps, a mobile phone will have the superpower of automatically contacting family members or responders...

The Stepping Stones Group is proud to announce the opening of a new autism treatment center in Springfield, Massachusetts, which provides comprehensive autism treatment services for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)....

Today BraunAbility announced the launch of its expanded selection of Turny seating products at select retail locations across the United States. The line of vehicle seating solutions is engineered to make automotive travel easier and safer for...

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...

The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) has the potential to transform the lives of working-age persons with disabilities. In Canada, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to live in poverty and have trouble making ends meet. This cornerstone of...

MacNerd and SuperCrip Productions today announced a groundbreaking line of digital collectibles to help fund the "SuperCrip" feature film and raise awareness about the dearth of Hollywood roles for the disabled. The feature film stars Tobias Forrest,...

In a report released last week, dozanü innovations examines five big-name brands' recent marketing campaigns from the previous year. The report , "The State of Accessible Marketing in 2023," looks at how well each brand adhered to accessibility...

Ventech Solutions is proud to partner with ADvancing States to give five states technical assistance for a select number of American Rescue Plan Act Home and Community-Based Services (ARPA HCBS) initiatives. As part of the ARPA HCBS Technical...

After announcing their cashback METALtm Credit Card last year, U.S. Eagle announced their partnership with the Veterans Integration Centers (VIC) and Paws and Stripes to support the ongoing needs of disabled veterans in the state of New Mexico....

A new program by Paralyzed Veterans of America ? the nation's premier nonprofit of choice for disabled veterans, their families, and caregivers ? is rolling out and tailored to help ill and injured veterans and their loved ones become the best...

TeachTown, a leading provider of special education curriculum software for students with moderate to severe disabilities, announces today that its K-12 standards-based, adapted core curriculum, enCORE, has been named a winner in the Tech & Learning...

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball teams across the country will display their support for the autism community by wearing Autism Speaks puzzle-piece pins at games during the week of February 21-28. Autism Speaks Coaches...

70 Engineers, 1 truck. 3 weeks. That's the driving mantra behind PS Academy Arizona's Tesla Cyber Truck build. What started out as a month's long technology showcase project quickly condensed into a twenty-one-day engineering marathon. Students were...

In 2022, Access Ready engaged Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC as public policy representatives in conjunction with our civil rights legal council, Eve L. Hill, of Inclusivity Consulting. This included the wise council of the late Robert (Bobby)...

The FirstEnergy Foundation granted surprise $20,000 "Gifts of the Season" to two local nonprofits that are working to make lives better in communities within Toledo Edison's service area....