May 30, 2025
The Boost News
Report finds abuse and neglect in New Jersey group homes, Medicaid cuts could affect family caregivers, and more developmental disability news for week ending May 30, 2025.
NEW YORK
NY School Worker Indicted For Submerging Autistic Children In Pool: DA The case reportedly stems from a January incident at the Jesse J. Kaplan School in Rockland County. (Patch)
NYC students see 35% increase in extreme bus delays. Most affect buses transporting students with disabilities. (Gothamist)
Opinion: For millions of Americans with disabilities like me, Medicaid means freedom The author is advocate and activist Bernard Carabello, who “escaped the Willowbrook State School” in 1972. (Long Island Press)
OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK
Abuse, neglect documented in NJ’s group homes (NJ Spotlight News)
California agrees to include religious schools as special ed placements (K12 Dive)
Idaho parental disability caregiver program to end, following federal approval It’s got just two months to go, despite Idaho having a shortage of direct care workers. (News from the States)
Fla. Gov. DeSantis signs autism package The bill reportedly increases early detection opportunities and educational interventions, but funding has to be included in the 2025-26 budget, which the Legislature has yet to pass. (Florida Phoenix)
New law protects Coloradans with disabilities and their right to live, receive care at home (Denver 7)
Pennsylvania Congressman Perry sends stunning letter to a mother who advocated for her disabled son It was called “callous and cold.” (The Keystone)
MEDICAID
The Medicaid Problem Nobody Is Talking About Imposing the new rules or tightening up on waste would be done by the contractors the states hire.(Governing)
Exploring the potential impact of Medicaid cuts in Trump’s big budget bill (PBS)
How the GOP’s proposed Medicaid cuts could affect millions of family caregivers (PBS)
AUTISM
Uninformed comments on autism are resonant of dangerous ideas about eugenics (The Conversation)
No Sex Differences in Autistic Toddlers at Time of First Diagnosis, Study Finds (today.ucsd.edu)
RFK Jr. pushes back target date for autism report (Axios)
CAREGIVERS
Bradley Cooper’s ‘Caregiving’ highlights U.S. care crisis through real caregiver stories (PBS Wisconsin)
LEARNING DISORDERS
Teachers Join Forces to Understand Dyscalculia, a Math-Related Learning Disorder (The 74)
TRAVEL
JetBlue Was Named No. 1 for Wheelchair Accessibility in 2025 (Travel & Leisure)