Technology opens doors to education, employment, and human connection. For people with disabilities, who are three times less likely to go online, this digital divide doesn’t just limit opportunities; it can create a painful isolation that goes beyond mere inconvenience. Since 2017, The Arc and Comcast have been breaking down digital barriers, one person at […]
https://thearc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Comcast-blog-1-feat-image.jpg400375The Arc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ArcLogo_Color_Rev_PNG_WEB.pngThe Arc2025-10-30 10:55:462025-12-02 09:43:20How The Arc and Comcast Are Bridging the Digital Divide
This was part of a series called #HandsOff, where we featured calls to action and stories from families across The Arc’s network about how key policy issues impact their day-to-day lives.
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By Linda Nakagawa, Market Policy Analyst, MediSked
Advocacy is the foundation upon which the disability community has grown into a powerhouse. The future of the movement depends on the many advoc...
Jill Vaught, Executive Director of The Arc of Indiana Foundation
It’s not very often that I’m happy to be reminded of how old I am. Today I was. You see, I grew up at a time when people with ...
Last year, The Arc published a blog by Ray Morris, founder of Dads 4 Special Kids and father to Zach and Tyler. The piece highlighted the enormous impact Zach, who has intellectual and developmental d...
By Amy Goodman
In the recent past, Jerry Seinfeld had mentioned that he might be on the autism spectrum and then he had to backtrack and say he wasn’t on the spectrum. Because of a play he saw th...
By Bernard A. Krooks, Past President, Special Needs Alliance
Dignity, security and personal fulfillment are essential to the quality of life that all individuals with intellectual and developmental...
Ricardo Thornton always had big hopes and dreams. But as is too often the case with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), they seemed almost impossible to achieve. Fourteen ...
Micah Feldman is a young man “going places.” Just to give you a sense of how involved Micah is with fulfilling his goals of being an independent young man, taking advantage of every opportunity in...
Yesterday, The Arc in Nevada’s Santa Perez was presented with The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities’ (NACDD) Champions of Equal Opportunity (CEO) Award for 2013. Delaw...
