Inclusion Desk

Camp Haccamo is still reeling from the pandemic, even as some experts are calling for wider inclusion in outdoor recreation.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, June 24, 2022, guests preview the film, "A Good Life," and discuss the challenges people with disabilities face, especially as they age.

Here's what's coming up on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, June 24, 2022.

The lack of home care aides is a crisis for the people and families who depend on them. With support from the Solutions Journalism Network, WXXI worked with other regional news partners to cover possible solutions to the problem.

New York state agencies are working to integrate accessible trail inclusive access while maintaining the sustainability and natural environment of state lands.

On Thursday, AutismUp, the Golisano Autism Center and Homesteads for Hope held a news conference in support of two pieces of state legislation that would expand housing programs for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Some people with disabilities need help around the clock and agencies can provide that in residential home settings. But across the state, agencies are struggling to hire and keep staff.WXXI’s April Franklin has more on how one local agency is trying a new approach to retain employees by helping them with problems that occur outside of work, too.

Parents and advocates say the recently adopted New York state budget does not deliver on early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.

The movie CODA was a big winner in Sunday night’s Academy Awards, and the film and the recognition it received is especially important to Rochester’s large Deaf community.

The funding will help to formalize and expand the institute’s national hub of innovation for deaf and hard-of-hearing biomedical scientists and health care professionals.