Disability

Fry’s Food Stores will pay a settlement and update its training for management following a disability discrimination lawsuit from the Arizona attorney general.

The board for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind is considering making big changes to staff salaries. Critics of the move say it will discourage experienced teachers from working there.

Parents of children with autism rallied at the Arizona Capitol after insurers with the state’s Medicaid program canceled contracts with two large therapy providers.

The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. But, according to disability advocates, hundreds of thousands of Arizonans may have a harder time voting.

A new lawsuit claims AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program, could be responsible for upwards of 1,000 children with autism losing access to critical therapy. The attorney who filed suit on behalf of nearly a dozen families is seeking class-action status.

In a rare show of bipartisanship, members of the Arizona House unanimously passed an emergency measure that would exempt disabled veterans from paying property taxes starting this year.

There's a looming crisis for Arizonans on the autism spectrum, as the cost of a popular form of therapy spirals out of control.

State lawmakers this week gave the Department of Economic Security the go-ahead to shift $3.3 million in agency funds in order to keep services for Arizonans with developmental disabilities afloat at least for another month.

For the second straight year, Arizonans with developmental disabilities and their families are caught in the middle of a budget fight at the state Capitol.

After a bruising budget fight last year, the state Medicaid program that supports Arizonans with developmental disabilities is again expected to run out of money this year without additional funding.