Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Boulter, a Lewis Center mother who helped found the Ohio chapter of nationwide organization Changing Spaces, folds up the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—For more than a decade, Disability Rights Ohio has been the state’s official advocate for people with disabilities, with powers no other nonprofit in Ohio has to file lawsuits on their ...

NORTH CANTON − Steve Pryce says he knows what it's like to be in need of support. The North Canton man, who suffers from a mental-health disability, works for an Akron-based agency that helps people ...

The Ohio Supreme Court recently upheld a directive from Secretary of State Frank LaRose limiting who can deliver ballots for disabled and elderly voters. Under the directive, family members or ...

States from across the country are trying to model Ohio as it helps some of the 1.7 million Ohioans with disabilities find work. Just before the pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order ...

Jeannine Narowitz said Thursday that her nonverbal 24-year-old son Nathan has been on the waiting list to receive Medicaid home and community-based waiver services for four years. Nathan is one of six ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Ohio is just five days away from Election Day and one organization is working to make sure voting is accessible to all. According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s website, ...

An Ohio lawmaker from Greater Cincinnati is among those trying to guarantee workers with developmental disabilities earn a fair wage.State Rep. Scott Lipps (R-Franklin) is one of the sponsors of a ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Maria Matzik has muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy Type 2. She has a ventilator and a tracheotomy. She has difficulty getting around, which makes voting on Election Day ...

MARIETTA — Disability Rights Ohio is teaming up with multiple organizations to showcase opportunities and assistance for area residents with disabilities. The nonprofit’s first Job and Disability ...

MARIETTA — Dr. Bill Bauer has been elected president of the board of directors for the nonprofit Disability Rights Ohio. Kerstin Sjoberg, executive director of Disability Rights Ohio, said the agency ...