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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch asked the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Monday to pause budget cuts that could punish Indiana's "most vulnerable" residents. ...
Many Nebraskans age 65 and older with health limitations, as well as younger people living with a disability, want to remain in their own homes. Medicaid's Home and Community Based Services Waiver programs can make it possible. Stephanie Hoyt, who supervises the Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waiver program at the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging, said it waives the fees for in-home support. ...
Police encounters can be stressful for anyone but especially challenging for people with disabilities. A new state law aims to improve police understanding and response to those with sensory needs. It is estimated about one in 10 people in Alabama and elsewhere has a disorder which may not be immediately noticeable to law enforcement. ...
By Tony Leys for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collaboration Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving. Peterson, who has quadriplegia, is an enthusiastic participant in an unusual test of autonomous vehicles in this corner of northern Minnesota. She helped attract government funding to bring five self-driving vans to Grand Rapids, a city of...
A pilot project aims to pave the way for fully autonomous vehicles to offer independence and a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people who can't drive.