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When Lois Letchford learns her son has been diagnosed with a low IQ at the end of grade one, she refuses to give up on his future. After thorough testing,…
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New York faces fiscal challenges in 2018, but that has not stopped groups from asking for more money in the new state budget, including agencies that…
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The state comptroller has announced that New York is joining 28 other states in offering a program that will help people with disabled children save money…
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Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation intended to clear what one lawmaker said in June was a waiting list of 12,000 disabled individuals who needed…
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A New York assemblyman and longtime advocate for the disabled has settled a federal lawsuit claiming his disabled son was hit and verbally abused at the…
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Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth is one of New York State’s leading nonprofit child welfare agencies and has a distinguished history of working…
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The elimination of $90 million in funding for disabled programs from the budget in March has been reversed by rare unanimous action in a divided…
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Riders of the largest public transit system in western Massachusetts no longer have a possible fare hike looming. But, the Pioneer Valley Transit…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to propose creating a new agency to oversee care of the disabled.The New York Times reports that Cuomo will announce…
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A published report says the Cuomo administration tried to keep a whistleblower from a Senate hearing on the state's care for the disabled. WAMC’s Dave…