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A 2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau estimated 37% of Coloradans with cognitive disabilities were employed. But many have since lost their jobs due to COVID-19. To help this group find and keep jobs in the general workforce, the state is investing in inclusive higher education and workforce programs.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed on July 26, 1990, providing individuals with disabilities greater access to public spaces, including arts venues. But the year before that, a group of five young Denver actors, including Kathleen Traylor, had broken their own barriers, starting the Phamaly Theatre Company.
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Kevin Cook is blindfolded and using a white cane to walk down a street near the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley."I'm just listening for…
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One of the biggest challenges in moving school online has been how to offer services for students with disabilities. But educators are finding creative ways to connect.
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As medical providers prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care, many people with disabilities fear they will get lesser treatment.
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One of the biggest changes is that the Department of Transportation would no longer require airlines to consider emotional support animals as service animals, as they have in the past.
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Geoff Babb — a stroke survivor — found that most wheelchairs couldn't take him where he wanted to go. So, he invented a new way to hike with friends and family: an all-terrain wheelchair.
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Justin Kelley was among workers who learned their jobs as greeters would be cut. As the Floridian waited 49 days to hear if he could stay with Walmart, he worried he would have to give up his dream.
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NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.
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In 1989, Mary Elizabeth Lenahan helped found Dance Express. The Fort Collins troupe was unique particularly in its focus on being accessible to everyone.…