A Paralympic champion with spina bifida is one step closer to capturing the U.S. Senate seat that was once held by a key architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Josh Turek became the Democratic candidate for Senate in Iowa this week by defeating state Sen. Zach Wahls in a hotly contested primary race. Turek,…

LOS ANGELES — YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, shared that they terminated their pregnancy following a Down syndrome diagnosis. What happened online afterward has shocked the couple, but Jesse said he is hopeful that sharing their experience may help other couples feel less alone. The YouTuber, who’s been a content creator for 20…

Disability advocates are suing after the Trump administration abruptly delayed a pair of rules designed to improve accessibility right before they were set to take effect. The lawsuit filed by the National Federation of the Blind challenges the last-minute delays from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. Both regulations in question…

While intended as a universal benefit, educational support for children with disabilities is significantly segregated by class, according to a paper released in January. The decade-spanning analysis of state and federal data found that wealthy families were twice as likely as poorer ones to be granted accommodations under the federal law Section 504. A similar…

Minnesota just cut ties — at least temporarily — with nearly two-thirds of the Medicaid service providers the state was reviewing in its quest to protect programs against fraud and keep federal funds flowing after the Trump administration threatened to hold back money. The decision to disenroll 3,411 businesses and nonprofits from those programs set…

An influencer couple stirred controversy by sharing that they terminated their pregnancy due to a Down syndrome diagnosis, but advocates and researchers say their experience doesn’t tell the whole story. YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, said last week that they ended their pregnancy following amniocentesis results that were consistent with Trisomy 21, or…

European Space Agency para-astronaut John McFall, center, during parabolic flight training with Novespace/AirZeroG in 2023. (ESA/Novespace) A former Paralympian is on track to become the first person with a physical disability to enter orbit. Officials with the U.K. Space Agency said they have reached an agreement with an American commercial space company called Vast to…

The Trump administration’s rollout of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health benefits will force states to scrap months of preparation, according to advocates for Medicaid enrollees and consultants advising states. And they say an overhaul — less than seven months before states must start enforcing the…

SANTA FE, N.M. — Need to modify your home to accommodate aging adults or people with disabilities? To borrow a phrase from a famous Apple commercial, there’s an app for that. A team of researchers has developed myAccessibleHome, a digital tool with an artificial intelligence assist that allows an occupational therapist to assess your home…

Multiple states are suing after the U.S. Department of Education abruptly canceled millions of dollars in grants that were supposed to go toward training special education teachers. California, Rhode Island and Wisconsin filed suit this week over the lost grants. The states were each in the middle of a five-year funding cycle when the Trump…