In The News
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Jan
21
2020
Couples With Disabilities Navigate Red Tape On Way To Altar
Marriage often means sacrificing much needed government benefits for people with developmental disabilities, but a proposed law could change that.... MORE
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Jan
21
2020
Judge Slashes Verdict In Risperdal Case
A judge chopped an $8 billion award to a man who claimed the maker of Risperdal failed to warn that boys using the drug — commonly prescribed to those with autism — could grow breasts.... MORE
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Jan
20
2020
FDA Misses Deadline To Ban Devices Used To Shock Those With Special Needs
The Food and Drug Administration missed its own deadline to finalize a ban on devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities.... MORE
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Jan
17
2020
Ed Department Urged To Ban Seclusion In Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos should ban seclusion and prohibit certain restraint techniques in the nation's schools, a dozen lawmakers say.... MORE
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Jan
17
2020
Woman With Cerebral Palsy Pens Script For Disney
She has cerebral palsy and talks via a communication board on her wheelchair, but that's not stopping Erin Feeney who just saw her first script for Disney's "Doc McStuffins" come to fruition.... MORE