Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the US. This month recognizes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the barriers ...

U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank has an unusual habit. When he goes into a store, restaurant or other business where nobody knows that he’s a federal judge, he checks out the employees. Then he ...

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. In today’s Ideas & Voices, hear contributors discuss how our communities can better support, celebrate and champion those in our region with ...

Today marks the end of National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month but that does not mean people should stop trying to include people with developmental disabilities in all facets of life. The ...

Commentary: Changes signal a move back to when many people with disabilities were confined in horrific conditions and ...

Rosa’s Law was named for nine-year-old Rosa Marcellino, whose brother Nick explained the change this way: “What you call ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

A church in Fairborn has started a new Adult Day Program after seeing a need in the community. St. Christopher’s Episcopal ...

Clark County hospitals’ emergency rooms are seeing patients who don’t necessarily need to be treated. This is a statewide issue. Individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities are taken ...

Across Illinois’ seven state-operated developmental centers for people with developmental disabilities and medical or behavioral needs — known as SODCs — more than 200 residents were seeking placement ...