Alan is registered blind, and is a player in the BC7 category for Boccia England. He joined ScarBoccia more than a decade ago when membership was only around 25 people, and has seen how the group has ...

Brian Walker showed up Friday at the Kansas Food Bank at 5:30 a.m., tall coffee cup in hand and a sense of dread swelling in his chest. By Monday, the federal agency that hands out federal food ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 ...

Iowa State University students and faculty helped get children with brain-related disabilities runway-ready this summer.

Some Service Credit Union customers unexpectedly lost money from their account after transactions caused the reversal of a ...

The emergency agreement gives yellow bus service a reprieve as the city and bus companies work on a longer contract.

When Manu Smriti watched clothes she designed and made being modeled on a New York City runway this fall, what made her the ...

Educators have long reported struggles to keep up with the paperwork associated with IEPs. Now, they say AI platforms can ...

At a Lenox high schooler's request, Gov. Maura Healey issued a proclamation recognizing Invisible Disabilities Week.

Find the needs of those around you, take a chance, and serve. You’ll be doing your part to extinguish the loneliness epidemic.

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