Voting is an essential part of our democracy and our right as citizens. Too often, people with disabilities struggle to be able to vote. Here are some (but not all) of the reasons that people may struggle: Polling places may not have accessible entrances, spaces, machines, or ballots. Poll workers and election officials may not […]
Caregivers Report Many Barriers to Life Saving Screenings
A recent study in the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities titled, Family Caregivers' Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitator...
Have you ever visited www.autismnow.org? We’d like to know what you think. Did you find what you were looking for? Do you have any suggestions for how we might improve? Take our short survey [update...
By Joyce Rinaldi, The Arc of Madison County
While The Arc of Madison County has worked hard to help individuals obtain employment in businesses throughout our community, we have also developed busi...
November is National Diabetes Month. The American Diabetes Association estimates that nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes and another 79 million Americans have pre...
HealthMeet™, a project of The Arc funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, works to reduce health disparities and increase the longevity and qualit...
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) tend to be less healthy than the general population and are at increased risk for many preventable and tr...
Most of us have heard of the aging baby boomers, and have seen the rising population curve that shows how many of us will turn 65 and older over the next few decades. The word on the street is that 10...
You may have heard the good news in August that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) awarded The Arc a three-year cooperative agreement to raise awareness of and reduce the significant health dispari...
These days, there’s a lot of talking going on. In the disability world, if you turn the radio dial, you can switch the stations from diagnosis, early intervention, and how to manage the new identity...