Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state funding boost will expand the reach of a free college credential program for direct support professionals, who provide ...

ANCOR, a national association for community-based disability service providers, has announced that Robin Kestler, a direct ...

In this time of Thanksgiving throughout our nation, we want to pause to thank and express appreciation for the direct support professionals (DSPs) working daily with people with intellectual ...

If you look up the definition of vocation you will find “a vocation is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified.” In my experience, most ...

Direct support professionals (DSPs) work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) — such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism — so that they can have fuller and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed important funding in the executive budget for the intellectual/developmental disabilities service sector. Workers’ bonuses for the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Helen Keller, at age 13, with Anne Sullivan in 1893. Ms. Keller was stricken at age nineteen ...

What is a DSP? Direct support professional. Some other titles you may be more familiar with include nurse, job coach, family care provider, personal assistant, personal care assistant, and ...

On behalf of the many service providers in Utah Valley and across the state, families and people with disabilities, I wanted to identify and thank all direct support professionals. I chose this time ...

Their workplaces never close, allowing individuals with disabilities to live fuller lives. Yet wages are not keeping up with ...