Sheltered workshops are significantly more costly, yet no more effective than supported, competitive employment at ensuring job prospects for individuals with disabilities, new research suggests. Two ...

The Obama administration is looking to become directly involved in a class-action lawsuit that has people with developmental disabilities seeking greater employment opportunities. The U.S. Department ...

Nov. 10 was the third day in a row that The Gazette published articles critical of Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns' proposed legislation that would outlaw sub-minimum wages for disabled workers at ...

The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News, White Plains, N.Y. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Janet Sugar's daughter, Rachel, used to work part time in a dress store, hanging up clothing. "No one paid any ...

FRANKFORT — More than 100 people with disabilities, their parents and providers packed a Frankfort hearing room Friday to protest changes to state rules that many fear could result in the loss of ...

In this Jan. 6 photo, Matthew Thibodeau, left, and Anthony RIccardi help put together nuts and bolts as part of their assembly line job at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton ...

Pennsylvania is pushing changes to a popular jobs program for people with disabilities that could force some people out of their jobs. The state wants more people with disabilities out in the ...

Leslie Winkler, 33, of Independence, recently took a break from repackaging plastic sprayers to chat with her mother, Barbara Winkler of Lee’s Summit, at JobOne, a sheltered workshop for adults with ...

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Thousands of disabled Oregonians are stuck segregated in dead-end jobs at "sheltered workshops," in violation of federal law, because of failed state programs that should ...

Sheltered workshops where people with disabilities do piece work are being phased out in New York. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is prompting the change to have disabled people live%2C work in community ...

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Rosie Hickman’s gloved hands deftly threaded the ends of a black plastic strap through a thin metal buckle. Through, over, and back again. She threw the completed piece into a ...