Losing the Just-A-Buck franchise is about more than just losing a retail business or a job training site. "It's not a dollar store," said assistant manager Malachi Blackwell. "It's a family." ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It’s a reminder that when workplaces welcome diverse talents, everyone benefits.

After high school, adults with developmental disabilities often find themselves unemployed and stuck at home. “All the supports just evaporate. And if you don’t integrate them into a community or a ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

School districts prepare students for post-grad life, but skills and potential are lost as Chicago families try to figure out the next steps on their own. Seven months after he graduated from an ...