disability

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, Rene Powell is walking towards a tiny wooden bench, to take a seat outside her new home. She says she remembers the…

Max Lewis is a lawyer in Columbia. He is also quadriplegic and uses a program called Consumer Directed Services to hire in-home help with personal care.…

Columbia resident Rene Powell spoke with her friend Traci Wilson-Kleekamp about what life has been like with a disability. They also spoke about how life…

Chuck and Drew Graham's mother served as their role model growing up in Louisiana, Missouri. She helped them face the road ahead after they became…

Students at the University of Missouri are petitioning to create a disabilities studies program.MU professors Anand Prahlad and Julie Passanante Elman…

A new Missouri measure aims to help families financially support those with disabilities.The bill signed Monday by Gov. Jay Nixon would allow someone with…

Zane Volkman has been riding for as long as he can remember.From the steer he would ride through his family’s pasture, to a donkey and finally to his…

Candidates for the Columbia City Council and School Board met today to discuss disability issues at a Forum at city hall.Multiple Mid-Missouri disability…

A union representing 13,000 workers who provide in-home care to the disabled says it hopes a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court can clear the way for…