Disabilities

At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help?

Proposed legislation in the N.C. General Assembly would set up the process to implement work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries if the federal government gives the OK.

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

Over the course of several weeks, people with disabilities have come from across North Carolina to press for the General Assembly to fund services for people with physical, emotional and mental health disabilities.

Samia Mubarak and Vaishali Sheikh, two Charlotte mothers of children with special needs, balance religious devotion and caregiving during this month.

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education is concerned about a federal budget proposal that might impact Medicaid.

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

In a proposal released last week, the federal government would stop issuing new certificates that allow companies to pay subminimum wage to disabled workers while phasing out old certificates over a three-year period.