Clients, families and professionals urged OPWDD to improve housing, care coordination and other services as Commissioner Willow Baer heard concerns at a Buffalo forum.

This week on the Disabilities Beat, we share where the phrase comes from, what it means and why it's separate from, but similar to, LGBTQ+ pride.

Local architects, contractors, real estate agents and people with disabilities came together in Rochester this week to learn about the nuances of accessible housing.

Former DEC engineer and Goodyear whistleblower is honored, SNAP cuts raise food insecurity concerns and Buffalo's Disability Pride Festival returns this July.

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.