Developmental Disability /tags/developmental-disability Developmental Disability en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:59:03 GMT Lawmakers Grapple With Sub-Minimum Wages For Workers With Disabilities /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-12/lawmakers-grapple-with-sub-minimum-wages-for-workers-with-disabilities People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often get individualized support in order to hold a job. Many work for regular pay, but a nearly… Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:59:03 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-12/lawmakers-grapple-with-sub-minimum-wages-for-workers-with-disabilities Hannah Colton NM Nonprofit Pilots Sexual Assault Services For People With Intellectual Disabilities /public-health-new-mexico/2018-06-28/nm-nonprofit-pilots-sexual-assault-services-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilities People with intellectual disabilities experience sexual assault and abuse at an alarmingly high rate. Lawmakers in a handful of states across the U.S.… Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:55:15 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-06-28/nm-nonprofit-pilots-sexual-assault-services-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilities Hannah Colton Group Looking To Employ More People With Disabilities /public-health-new-mexico/2015-09-29/group-looking-to-employ-more-people-with-disabilities Finding employment can be a challenge for anyone entering the job market. For people with disabilities, those challenges can be even greater—the… Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:36:26 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-09-29/group-looking-to-employ-more-people-with-disabilities Ed Williams Voices Behind The Vote: Disability Rights The Focus For Mother, Daughter /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-28/voices-behind-the-vote-disability-rights-the-focus-for-mother-daughter Rosemarie Sanchez and her 39-year-old daughter Nannie are disability rights advocates and hard-line Democrats. Rosemarie adopted Nannie, a child born with… Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:19:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-10-28/voices-behind-the-vote-disability-rights-the-focus-for-mother-daughter Marisa Demarco Disability Rights In The Roundhouse /public-health-new-mexico/2014-02-18/disability-rights-in-the-roundhouse UPDATE Feb. 19, 2014, 10:17 a.m.: SB 55 is awaiting a vote by the Senate.Today was Disability Rights Awareness Day at the Roundhouse, and a bill calling… Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:55:13 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-02-18/disability-rights-in-the-roundhouse Marisa Demarco