Employee Organized: Videos show disturbing fights at Texas School

Corpus Christi State School employees allegedly produced cell phone videos of disturbing scenes of developmentally disabled students fighting each other, and also organized the fights. " In one of the videos...

Lead in Girls' Necklaces

Another 7 000 girls have been exposed to the toxic effects of lead poisoning.  Necklaces high in lead content have been sold in Canada over the past year.  Since the CFIA has been tracking these poisonous products, millions of items aimed at the infant and...

Study Links Autism with Rainfall

Researchers at Cornell University examined the possibility of a link between environment and autism, and found that children in wetter counties within the US Northwest were more likely to have autism. ...

Why are employers hiring illegal immigrants in favor of hiring American citiz...

As the US government remains at an impasse over what to do about illegal immigration and illegal workers, over 70% of people with severe disabilities in this country are without a job. One of the arguments for allowing illegal workers to remain without penalty at their jobs...

The Ten Work-Happiness Secrets of People with Mental Retardation and other Se...

Is your workplace making you crazy? Do your co-workers get on your last nerve? There is no question that work can be a place that tests your patience by lifting you up, tearing you down or sometimes completely...

It's not about the work they produce, but what the work produces in them.

These are photos and videos of people with mental retardation and other severe developmental disabilities working. Working provides self-esteem, independence and a purpose in life. Too many people across this...

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