In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, August 8, 2024, we explore new ALS research and speak with patients and caregivers living with the disease.

With the new program, Rochester Accessible Adventures will work with canal excursion providers and make recommendations to various businesses on how to remove barriers that inhibit inclusive participation.

To celebrate Disability Pride Month, NPR readers tell their disability stories and share what they wish other people knew about living with a disability.

Saxophonist Joey Berkley lost his ability to play due to the muscular disorder focal dystonia, but experimental treatment has given him enough flexibility to record a comeback album titled A Suite Life.

Direct Support Professionals, or DSPs, did not get the cost of living increase they were asking for in this year’s budget. Advocates say wages are too low for this profession, which leads to people seeking jobs elsewhere. In today’s episode, we talk about what DSPs provide to people with disabilities and the challenges of recruiting and retaining workers.

Social Security's SSI program for people with disabilities requires couples to have no more than $3,000 in assets.

The institute will centralize and expand the university's patient care, community outreach, and caregiver support programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

In the second hour of 'Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, June 10, 2024, we discuss New York Kitchen's Sous Chef Academy and how it is making culinary education accessible to adults with autism.

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, we preview the film "Fire through Dry Grass," and speak with disability rights activists about the pandemic lockdown's effect on nursing homes.