Disability

A bill that would change who qualifies for food and medical assistance in Iowa advanced out of a House subcommittee last week.

A nonprofit serving people with developmental disabilities is coming to Iowa after the announcement of a state-run facility’s closure.

The DOJ began investigating Iowa's Glenwood Resource Center in 2019 and found the state was likely violating the constitutional rights of Iowans with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Des Moines-based author and advocate Abena Imhotep seeks to promote literacy and lifelong learning in her community by celebrating works by Black authors.

A Des Moines horror tour partners with Iowa Radio Reading Information Service to make the spooky tour accessible to the blind and visually impaired.

State Health and Human Services officials announced it intends to award a contract to California-based Molina Healthcare.

For many patients with long COVID, life doesn’t go back to normal. But they aren’t alone. They join a community of chronic illness patients who hope the money being poured into studying long COVID will have a wider benefit.

Listen back to Charity Nebbe's conversation with Iowa-based artist Jill Wells and mentees of her Artist X Advocacy program.

Catherine Johnson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, shares her passion for advocacy and vision for a more accessible future. Plus, an Iowa Public Radio episode of From the Archives looks back on a speech Richard Nixon delivered in defense of the Vietnam War.