/tags/people-with-disabilities People With Disabilities en-US Copyright Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-09-06/federal-funds-higher-education-ohioans-disabilities Students with disabilities can now get up to $7,000 in state funding starting this fall. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-09-06/federal-funds-higher-education-ohioans-disabilities /2023-06-13/amid-labor-shortage-more-ohio-businesses-turn-to-employees-with-developmental-disabilities The labor shortage has prompted local businesses to provide extra training and make accommodations for people with disabilities they wouldn't have made before. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 09:01:00 GMT /2023-06-13/amid-labor-shortage-more-ohio-businesses-turn-to-employees-with-developmental-disabilities Erin Gottsacker /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-18/people-with-disabilities-high-unemployment-rates-pandemic People with disabilities traditionally have much higher rates of unemployment than everyone else. But an analysis by the Economic Innovation Group found the COVID-19 pandemic and increased opportunities to work remotely helped push the employment rate for people with disabilities to its highest level since the Great Recession. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-18/people-with-disabilities-high-unemployment-rates-pandemic /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-09-14/caregivers-adults-with-disabilities-plan-for-future-guide Across the United States, nearly a million households include an adult with an intellectual or developmental disability and caregivers who are 60 or older. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-09-14/caregivers-adults-with-disabilities-plan-for-future-guide /local-news/2022-09-02/ohio-disability-inclusion-state-jobs In 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine designated Ohio a disability inclusion state. Now the state says it's committed to helping the 1.7 million Ohioans with a disability find a job if they want one. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 08:46:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-02/ohio-disability-inclusion-state-jobs Ann Thompson /sports/2022-02-25/adaptive-sports-clovernook-cincinnati Tennis is just one sport sponsored by Clovernook Center and Cincinnati Children's. The ball is bright red and yellow and has a bell inside it so kids without sight can hear it coming. Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:41:29 GMT /sports/2022-02-25/adaptive-sports-clovernook-cincinnati Ann Thompson /podcast/focus-on-technology/2022-02-14/more-progress-needed-visually-impaired-watch-events-super-bowl Juandez “Dez” Scruggs, adaptive sports coordinator for Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, has limited sight. He planned to sit a couple inches away from his 70” TV and watch the big game. Some companies are working on a better way. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:18:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2022-02-14/more-progress-needed-visually-impaired-watch-events-super-bowl Ann Thompson /local-news/2021-06-05/league-for-softball-players-with-disabilities-comes-swinging-back-after-covid Adults with special needs were extra excited Friday night as they returned to playing softball at Miracle League Fields after a year off for COVID-19.The… Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:07:44 GMT /local-news/2021-06-05/league-for-softball-players-with-disabilities-comes-swinging-back-after-covid Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-08-13/voting-with-a-disability-is-about-to-get-easier People with disabilities are testing out new voting technology that will allow them to vote independently. A group of people got to test out the new… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:10:23 GMT /local-news/2019-08-13/voting-with-a-disability-is-about-to-get-easier