April is Autism Acceptance Month, celebrating the talents, contributions, and diversity within the autism community. At The Arc, autistic people and their loved ones are a part of our staff, volunteer leaders, and key people guiding our work every day. Their lived experiences are vital, as an estimated 1 in 36 children in the U.S. […]
By Amy Goodman, Co-Director of the Autism NOW Center, at The Arc of the United States
In the recent past, Jerry Seinfeld had mentioned that he might be on the autism spectrum and then he had to bac...
April is national Autism Awareness Month and The Arc and the Autism NOW National Autism Resource & Information Center are working to empower people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with the in...
The Arc Plans for a National Day Out Event for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March is national Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The Arc invites you to join us on March 29 in...
Ricardo Thornton always had big hopes and dreams. But as is too often the case with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), they seemed almost impossible to achieve. Fourteen ...
In advance of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearing today on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), The Arc is urging the Senate to support ...
On the brink of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we celebrate the work of advocates like you who have made progress in your communities on so many issues. While train...
A recent story in The Journal (Martinsburg, WV) about the debate over whether people with disabilities should legally be able to use sex surrogates touches on a very real yet often ignored issue withi...
By William Monaghan, Guest Blogger
In celebration of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, The Arc is encouraging individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to “Empow...
As part of a month-long campaign to make some noise during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, The Arc posed an open-ended question to our Facebook audience of just over 9,000 people. We asked...