Joseph Admire plays Connect Four with volunteer Daisy Hayes during a session of Franklin Friends at the Franklin Cultural Arts & Recreation Center. Franklin Friends is a new monthly program for adults ...

I was surprised when my niece Sophia told me that she had applied for a summer staff position at Landmark College, which she had attended for three weeks the summer between 11th and 12th grades. At ...

Independence focuses on one individual achieving a goal or task fully on their own. Interdependence is a dynamic, mutual process of reliance and support between two or more individuals to achieve a ...

“Enable: The Disability Podcast” is a new podcast featuring stories of amazing people with disabilities and different abilities. In this episode, NJ Advance Media reporter Eric Conklin talks about his ...

Eating cookies with friends is better for you than eating broccoli alone, and the science backs this up. According to a 2023 report published by the U.S. surgeon general, our nation is facing a crisis ...

As someone who's neurodivergent, Amy Rannabargar says it can be hard to make friends with people who don't have similar disabilities. She sometimes struggles with miscommunication, especially when ...

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s ...

"Rest is both an act of resistance and resilience for me." ...

Glance around, and it probably looks like any other gathering of teens and young adults doing the sorts of things — playing video games, laughing, talking — that teens and young adults gather to do.

A Massachusetts nonprofit is making sure everyone has a community and purpose, helping people with disabilities live more independent lives. The Road to Responsibility houses and employs more than ...