JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state legislature is now in its second special session after Governor Eric Greitens criticized it for not getting more done during the regular session. Lawmakers approved a ...

For 20 years, V.J. Trombley has begun most of her mornings by boarding a van and traveling the 20 miles from her home in Ticonderoga to Essex Industries, where she builds cane seats and other wooden ...

Sheltered workshops are meant to employ adults with disabilities as they prepare to enter the regular workforce. But in Missouri, these subminimum-wage workers rarely "graduate" to higher-paying jobs ...

The sheltered workshops that are still prevalent across much of the country were shut down in Vermont more than a decade ago. And now, the employment rate of people with developmental disabilities in ...

PLATTSBURGH — A move by the state to integrate sheltered workshops could end up closing some — or at least drastically change how they operate. At Mountain Lake Services in Essex County and Champlain ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — A place that invests in people with disabilities is asking for your help. The Hancock County Sheltered Workshop renewal levy is on the ballot, and the folks there urge you to ...

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 ...

Sheltered workshops, once considered a progressive alternative to institutionalizing the developmentally disabled, could soon be artifacts of a different era and philosophy. New York State ended new ...

While touring the Batavia Public Library Friday, a group of about 20 people turned a corner and gasped when they saw a familiar sight. Displayed on the wall in a corner behind the shelves of books ...

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 ...

LEOMINSTER — Rollin C. Lane has fought for years to make life better for his daughter Kimberly "Kimmy" Lane, who has Down syndrome, and also the lives of others with developmental disabilities. And, ...

When I first wrote last summer about Chris Cook losing a job he’d held for 25 years, I received impassioned responses from across the country. Some people were incensed that Cook, who is 51 and has an ...