This follows New York state Education Department citations at four elementary schools for low academic achievement among students with disabilities, and Black students.

Kids with autism can be 160 times more likely than other children to drown. Florida is dedicating state money to a program that prioritizes swim lessons for these kids.

As a Department of Justice memo challenges a disabled person's right to integration, activists, experts, and state officials respond in New York.

People who rely on wheelchairs say that industry consolidation driven by private equity means long delays in getting them fixed, which isolates them from society and endangers their health.

Emyle Watkins, disability reporter for the New York Public News Network, joined WAMC's Lucas Willard to discuss how the Justice Department's interpretation that argues Congress has imposed an integration mandate on state and local governments that raises constitutional concerns is making waves in New York state.

On Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul broke her silence on the U.S. Department of Justice memo challenging the integration mandate and the Olmstead decision.

Disability rights activists flooded public comment in a statewide government committee meeting emphasizing concern following a controversial memo released by the DOJ.

Union members with the Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals at the Rochester City School District call for higher wages.

In the first hour of "Connections" on 6/22/26, guest host Noelle E.C. Evans and her panel discuss how to make play more inclusive for people of all ages and abilities.

The two sides now have three weeks to decide whether to proceed to trial.