Over 300 advocates rallied in Albany for better pay and support for care workers. Housing, childcare, and healthcare initiatives supported to ease worker costs. Investment in workforce stability can ...
Credit: Getty Images Health care workers with disabilities face significant challenges, such as employment discrimination, lack of accessibility, and ableism. Nurses constitute the largest group of ...
Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
People with disabilities and their advocates are trying to present a united front this week as they press state lawmakers on key priorities. Top issues include better pay for workers, expanded access ...
Skilled trade jobs provide a wide range of stable career paths and opportunities to acquire practical skill sets. However, the industry has faced a growing labor shortage over the last decades. For ...
For the first six weeks of 2026, support worker Lauren Toovey has worked for free. She works with George Baker, who has congenital muscular dystrophy and says Lauren acts as his "arms and legs in an ...
More than 1,800 family and community care workers and persons with disabilities (PWDs) with high support needs will benefit ...
Each July, National Disability Pride Month marks an opportunity not just to celebrate progress, but to look toward the future, build on progress and commit to deeper action. It reminds us that ...