On Wednesday, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate," and claimed that autism destroys families ...

Julie Gunter was trying to get appropriate services from the Seattle School District for her daughter, a student with disabilities, but hit a major snag: past records of how other school districts ...

(The Center Square) – Deemed necessary to implement the budget, Washington state lawmakers heard testimony on a bill on Wednesday that would close two rehabilitation centers to save $58.8 million per ...

Shawn Latham, policy coordinator for Self Advocates in Leadership, spoke in favor of HB 1472 during a hearing on March 19. Screenshot After I was born, my father and mother had to make a difficult ...

A state-run facility for people with disabilities could be on the state’s budgetary chopping block, and a legislative proposal has sparked heated debate among advocates, legislators and families. Run ...

WASHINGTON — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over words, ...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state has agreed to make changes to how it treats civilly committed sex offenders who have serious mental illness or intellectual disabilities. Documents filed in U.S.

OLYMPIA — A watchdog report by disability rights advocates found that restraint and isolation have been excessively and improperly used on Washington school students, and disproportionately used on ...

One in five people reading this has a disability. Some try to avoid that label at all costs; for others, it provides a right to participation in the community and success at school and in the ...