Kevin Gibas is an infectious diseases doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as a research fellow with a focus in health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As the ...

Before he began his speech Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse, Nick Comstock made sure the crowd turned its attention to the woman sitting beside his wheelchair. He asked Kamilah King — his "DSP," or ...

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...

Direct support professionals, or DSPs, are workers that support disabled people in living independently. They may help a disabled person navigate their community, cook, do chores, pay bills and other ...

Support workers in North Dakota who are contracted by the state to serve people with intellectual disabilities are pushing lawmakers for a wage increase. Jon Larson, executive director of the private ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Hodgkins, a direct support worker at Community Living Essex County in southwestern Ontario, says that in June 2022, she ...

ALBANY — Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for Direct ...

Direct-care workers make up Iowa's largest occupation - a population larger than nurses, teachers or public safety officers. Three of the top 10 high-growth, high-demand jobs in the coming decade are ...

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