News by subject: DIS

In less than one month, the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) will host its annual Leadership Conference, which aims to increase leadership capacity in order to foster a more equitable society for people who are blind or visually impaired. The...

This past fall, Bierman Autism Centers launched its Institutional Review Board (IRB) to further its commitment to pursuing excellence within the field. It ensures that the care the clinical team at Bierman provides is evidence-based, ethically sound,...

CodigoDelSur's commitment to corporate social responsibility has been highlighted time and time again in partnerships with nonprofits that focus on improving the lives of those less fortunate. Now, the renowned web development agency is reinforcing...

Helping Hands Family (HHF) is excited to announce that they are expanding ABA therapy services into Morris and Bergen Counties of New Jersey. HHF is a leading provider of ABA therapy in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, providing services to...

BraunAbility, the Indiana-based global leader in wheelchair accessible vehicles and lifts, is recognizing its 50th anniversary by partnering with Servants at Work (SAWs) on an ambitious goal: to build 50 ramps in 50 days in the communities where...

AMI is thrilled to announce that Season four of its series Employable Me, produced by Thomas Howe Associates Inc. (THA), has won a 2022 Canadian Screen Award. Employable Me received Best Factual Series in the Documentary & Factual categories during...

Myrtle Beach and the communities along the 60 miles of coastline have been committed to creating an autism- and sensory-friendly destination since 2016. This year, Visit Myrtle Beach is making travel to The Beach even more accessible with the launch...

Diveheart, a Downers Grove-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and Los Angeles filmmaker David Marsh will be presenting...

Firefly Autism is hosting its 11th annual Laugh Yourself Blue gala on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Seawell Ballroom in the Denver Center for Performing Arts at 5:30 pm. This unique event leverages laughter's equalizing power to raise critical...

AMI, in partnership with Winterhouse Films Inc. (Wild Archaeology, Three Lives of Kate), is pleased to announce the debut of Breaking Character, Wednesday, April 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern on AMI-tv....

Dan Parker, a blind racecar driver, achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the "Fastest Speed for a Car Driven Blindfolded" on Thursday, March 31. Parker set a new speed record of 211.043 miles per hour on the runway at Spaceport America in...

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has released a draft set of new standards for accessible electric vehicle (EV) chargers, but one design team is already ahead of the game. Duku, a Cheltenham-based product design consultancy, have unveiled the...

AutismOne has exciting information: the AutismOne 2022 Conference will be in Mesa, Arizona! The dates will be Thursday afternoon, August 18th through Sunday morning, August 21st. To register, the amount for one attendee will be $89 (early-bird price...

In celebration of Autism Awareness month, nxplace Properties (https://www.nxplaceproperties.com/) announced its launch today. As a full-service builder that designs, constructs, and delivers adaptive custom residences and adult day-service locations,...

AHRC New York City, a not-for-profit organization supporting people with disabilities in the five boroughs, has been awarded $18,000 in grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services to support recreation programs....

The Reporter Newsletter is a service of Access Ready Inc. which is an independent, non-profit, cross-disability education and advocacy organization promoting a policy of inclusion and accessibility of information and communications technology (ICT)....

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (CPARF) is proud to announce the launch of Remarkable US, the first nonprofit-funded disability technology start-up accelerator supporting life-changing technology for people with cerebral palsy (CP) and...

ImageSoft has released the newest product in its family of digital solutions. SafeEncounter provides law enforcement and other first responders with a secure centralized database of vulnerable members of the community. The company hopes the solution...

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announced today two key staff appointments to its National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC): Regina Blye will serve as Chief Program and Policy Officer, providing leadership and oversight; and Jamil Paden joins...

1 in 44 children in the US is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. But there is something wrong about this narrative, and it has nothing to do with the statistics....

SourceAmerica® proudly announces the finalists of its 2022 IDEATE Engineering Competition. Three college and five high school teams from across the country will compete in separate divisions in the virtual 2022 IDEATE Finals event on April 13....

Sesame Place® San Diego, the only theme park on the West Coast based entirely on...

The wait is over: Hamilton® Mobile CapTel®, a completely new captioned phone experience for iOS and Androidtm, is live and ready for immediate download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store....

The Organization for Autism Research is excited to announce the launch of a new, expanded Hire Autism website. Hire Autism is a free program to help autistic job seekers find meaningful employment opportunities and connect with autism-friendly...

April is National Autism Awareness Month and Major Dodson, the main character in the new film Tyson's Run produced by Planet 9 Productions tells the story of autistic high school student Tyson Hollerman. Major plays Tyson, an unathletic boy with...

Adam Boehler, former director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), in partnership with venture capitalist firm, Martin Ventures, today announce their investment in StationMD, a healthcare company that uses telemedicine to deliver...

Bierman Autism Center is excited to announce that they will be hosting an Open House for their Warren, Rhode Island center on April 30th. This event will provide parents, guardians, and caregivers of children diagnosed with autism an opportunity to...

Cove Cares Annual Cove's Got Talent (CGT) competition finale drew nearly 450 Cove Community guests and residents to Camelot East Village in Sarasota, Florida on March 24, and raised an astonishing $100,000 to support Disabled American Veterans (DAV)....

A new series of accessible financial literacy videos has been created through a partnership between the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc Center) at Gallaudet University, the Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth...

According to a recent report by Deloitte Canada and auticon Canada, employers need to do more to understand neurodiversity, reduce barriers to employment for those with autism, and create thoughtful structural supports to foster deeper inclusion...

The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education (The Chang School) at Ryerson University is pleased to announce the development of the Digital Accessibility Specialist Microcredential Program, supported through $300,000 in funds from the Ontario...

PenFed Credit Union, the nation's second largest federal credit union, has welcomed puppy with a purpose, Alfie, as part of a partnership with America's VetDogs. The black Labrador Retriever and future service dog will be raised to help a military...

David Peyser Sportswear, a family-owned company that has been at the forefront of innovation and ingenuity in the apparel industry for 74 years, has purchased MagnaReady®, the original magnetic apparel company. The MagnaReady® brand also has its...

A global survey of 184 current, former and prospective Master of Business Administration (MBA) students with disabilities showed widespread barriers across the MBA experience. One in 3 faced disability-related barriers in the application process, 2...

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, California's oldest and most diverse blindness organization serving people who are blind or have low vision, announced today that it is initiating a search to identify its next CEO....

Canada's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must leave no one behind, including the one in five Canadians who identify as having a disability.  That is why the Government of Canada is working with partners from the disability community to address...

Shreya, a 13-year-old girl from Kerala, India, has an idea of what peace should mean to the world. She brought that idea to life through a powerful essay earning her the grand prize in the Lions Clubs International Peace Essay Contest....

Paralyzed Veterans of America National Vice President and Chair of its Anita Bloom Women Veterans Health Committee Tammy Jones this week released the following statement applauding the Senate for passage of the Making Advances in Mammography and...

National Braille Press (NBP) announced the second annual Braille Across America Challenge to raise awareness of the importance of braille literacy across the country. The challenge began March 17, 2022, NBP's 95th birthday, and will end on April 18,...

Exercise Connection celebrates Autism Acceptance Month by having created the #1 CEC Course in 2021 ? Autism Exercise Specialist Certificate ? with the American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM). Many public-school systems struggle to support students...

EXAIR.com® has added improved web accessibility for people who are affected by a variety of impairments. By addressing these impairments with specific tools, the EXAIR.com website has become the first in the industry to provide ADA compliant tools....

Paralyzed Veterans of America ? the nation's premier nonprofit of choice for disabled veterans, their families, and caregivers ? today announced it received a donation of more than $1 million from long-time partner and veteran supporter Penske...

OnSeen has joined the Ohio Provider Resource Association's ("OPRA") Partner Program in order to better support the developmental disabilities providers and the individuals they serve. OnSeen's LiveCare Solution was specifically designed based on...

Brown & Brown Absence Services Group, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of Accommodation Services. The new offering provides employers with comprehensive assistance on a wide variety of employee accommodation...

Easterseals, one of the nation's leading nonprofit providers of services and advocacy for people with disabilities and their families, launches its That's My Easterseals national PSA campaign today, a video series created by, directed by, and...

The Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP) announced today that it is soliciting feedback on the Applied Behavior Analysis Accreditation Program Draft Standards (version 1.0). In the future, the Standards will be overseen by a nonprofit...

PenFed Credit Union, the nation's second largest federal credit union, proudly sponsors over 30 military veterans and first responders with disabilities to attend a two-week in-residence training program where they are paired with their America's...

Caregiver Inc., a leading provider of long-term care services and supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, announced today it has acquired assets from two businesses, leading to our rapid growth and service expansion in...

Social impact leaders Alexis Kashar, Storm Smith and Warren "Wawa" Snipe joined Austin-based technology CEO Sherri Turpin at SXSW 2022 to deliver a powerful panel presentation: "Big Bold Brave Ideas for a More Inclusive World." The March 17 panel...

Fresh off her Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Natalie Spooner is on to her next challenge coaching the first-ever Girls and Women's Blind Hockey Summit this week in Toronto.  The event takes place on Thursday, March 24, in...