disability

The National Park Service is improving access for disabled visitors to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.The Parks Service recently added a ramp…

More and more people in northern Michigan are collecting disability checks. In some northern Michigan counties, nearly 20 percent of working-age adults…

The Next Idea The thrill of riding a two-wheeled bicycle, clutching the game-winning ball, or making a show-stopping save in soccer are examples of...

What happens when you're the parent of a child with special needs, and your view of how you want your child to be educated clashes with the school...

Peggy McNew is a painter from Empire, Michigan. There’s nothing unusual about that— there are a lot of painters in Leelanau County. But Peggy is…

The Next Idea Each month, the State of Michigan releases unemployment numbers, which are seen as a major indicator of the state’s economic health. One...

One of the most profound changes in Michigan has been the way we care for and treat people who are developmentally disabled. In 1970, there were 14,000...

Many developmentally disabled adults living in group homes in northern Michigan will soon be looking for a new place to live.Their advocates are…

Federal law guarantees that children with disabilities have equal access to education. But what that actually looks like for Michigan kids very much...

A new report says Michigan lacks enough autism specialists to handle the number of children being diagnosed and treated with the disorder.The Center for…