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States Aim To Halt Sexual Abuse Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

By JOSEPH SHAPIRO, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Earlier this year, NPR reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some of the highest rates of sexual assault. NPR found previously undisclosed government numbers showing that they’re assaulted at seven times the rate of people without disabilities. Now states, communities and advocates, citing NPR’s reporting, are […]

Employment News

In major shift, state expands work opportunities for young people with disabilities

By Chris Serres, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) Liz McGrory says she buried her face in her hands and wept on the day last summer when a state job counselor asked her a seemingly innocuous question: “If your son could have his chance at a dream job, what would that be?” Charlie is 22 and has […]