The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning after less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking.

A chorus for people living with early-to-middle-stage dementia and their caregivers is accepting new singers for the fall in Rochester. The ENCORE Chorus is part of the national "Giving Voice" initiative.

Research published in the journal Science illuminates a "missing piece" in the biological understanding of profound autism and offers new targets for drug development.

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 8/25/26, we discuss how the 'clubhouse' model supports people living with mental illness, and how a statewide investment will expand access.

The state Department of Transportation is developing a strategic plan for better accommodating walkers, cyclists, wheelchair users, e-scooters, and e-bikes on New York's roads.

Worker shortages mean children are spending months or longer on waitlists.

In the first hour of "Connections" on 8/21/26, guest host Julie Philipp discusses the current shortfall of special education teachers and what one local university is doing to help close the gap.

During "Connections" on 8/21/26, guest host Julie Philipp explores the special education teacher shortage. Then, in "Connections Summer Sessions," the remarkable story of a nine decade friendship.

Gregory Kase was shot and killed on Aug. 9 after his wife allegedly called 911 reporting he was mentally ill, suicidal and in crisis at the Super 8 Motel in Henrietta — “and, expressly, that he was deaf."

Siblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.