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." ...

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 ...

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

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 ...