The Inclusion Desk is a multi-platform reporting effort by WXXI News to inform and transform attitudes and behavior about inclusion. The Inclusion Desk grew from the Move to Include partnership between WXXI and the Golisano Foundation.
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How to Dance in Ohio made its world premiere in Syracuse last year at Syracuse Stage. A year later it opened on Broadway.
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Groups that advocate for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities are asking Governor Kathy Hochul to provide more money for needed services. They say more than a decade of neglect has pushed them to the breaking point.
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The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government.
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The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing at St. John Fisher University received a multimillion-dollar donation just in time for its fifth-year anniversary.
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A Wayne County native and Iraq War veteran says a service dog has changed his life.
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State officials say that you should be aware of the two-year deadline to file a workers' compensation claim.
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ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, News 8's Adam Chodak shares his story of living with Stargardt disease, a rare eye condition that leads to blindness.
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ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, October 30, 2023, we talk with singer-songwriter A.J. Croce, who is on tour performing his music and the music of his father, the late Jim Croce.
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According to federal data, 11% of voters with disabilities had some type of difficulty casting their ballots in the 2020 election. In this story from WXXI's Inclusion Desk, Beth Adams spoke to a Rochester voter about her frustrations.
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If you’ve ever been to a fundraiser at a restaurant, you know it’s a chance to have a great time with friends and support a cause. But for a local woman with a disability, a trip to Tully’s Good Times in Cheektowaga for a Special Olympics fundraiser, ended up being a bad time, as she was left to eat her meal off of a chair.