Disability Open Enrollment Week of Action kicks off Sunday, November 17, 2019 — but you can enroll until December 15! The Arc believes that everyone, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, should have timely access to high quality, comprehensive, accessible, affordable, appropriate health care that meets their individual needs, maximizes health, well-being and function, […]
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You might have noticed something new on our website in the past few days. The Arc has a new blog!
We linked to a few posts in the latest issue of Fusion, our e-newsletter for chapters. However, if yo...
[caption id="attachment_305" align="alignleft" width="300"] President Barack Obama speaks at the official ceremony of the signing of Rosa's Law Friday, October 8.[/caption]
There has been some confus...
The Department of Education issued guidance last week to support educators in combating bullying in schools by clarifying when student bullying may violate federal education anti-discrimination laws. ...
On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that some state workers in Indiana suggested leaving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at homeless shelters if they can't be cared ...
The Arc of Indiana's John Dickerson, the chapter's executive director, says:
We've got to have some sort of a way to cover people in the meantime because otherwise this new food policy could leave ...
10. Get an overview of the newly established Autism NOW! Center funded by a $1.87 million grant from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
9. Hear from Sharon Lewis, Commissioner of the A...
Washington, DC – The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced yest...
Assails Use of Notorious Institution as Halloween Fright House
If there is any ‘haunting’ on the 110-acre former site of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in East Vincent Township, PA, it i...
Washington, DC – In a huge victory for self-advocates and The Arc, Rosa’s Law – legislation that substitutes the term "intellectual disabilities" for the term "mental retardation" in many federa...
