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Easterseals is a national nonprofit providing expert caregiving and support services across disabilities and stages of life, helping individuals and families across the United States live more independently. Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. For more than 100 years, we have worked tirelessly with our partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. And we won’t rest until every one of us is valued, respected, and accepted. Through our national network of affiliates, Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 1.5 million people each year — from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more. Our public education, policy, and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans living with disabilities today. Together, we’re empowering people with disabilities, families and communities to be full and equal participants in society.

10/27/2026

Employment for people with disabilities is not only a matter of inclusion. It is an economic issue.

When people with disabilities have the support they need to work, they contribute their talents, earn wages, support their families, strengthen businesses, and help local economies grow.

But too many people still face barriers that have nothing to do with ability. Transportation, personal care, job coaching, health needs, and gaps in community-based services can all affect whether someone is able to get to work, stay healthy enough to work, and succeed on the job.

Medicaid-funded disability services help remove those barriers. They support independence, employment, and community participation for people with disabilities across the country.

This National Disability Employment Awareness Month, let’s recognize the economic impact of protecting the services that help more people work and thrive.

Tell Congress to protect Medicaid disability services.

Take action: https://hq.easterseals.com/ProtectMedicaidDisabilityServices

Rory Cooper Wins King Salman International Award for Disability Research 10/15/2026

Congratulations to Easterseals Board Member Dr. Rory Cooper on receiving the King Salman International Award for Disability Research, a prestigious global honor recognizing his work in technological applications in disability!

Through decades of research and innovation, Dr. Cooper has helped advance wheelchair design, accessible transportation, robotics, and other technologies that support greater independence and participation for people with disabilities.

We’re proud to have his leadership and expertise on the Easterseals Board of Directors.

Rory Cooper Wins King Salman International Award for Disability Research Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, won in the category of technological applications in disability.

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141 W Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1400A
Chicago, IL
60604

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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