December 3rd marks World Disability Day. It’s the best time to remember and celebrate those personalities whose disabilities never became a hindrance and who only shined bright despite all adversities ...

Quote of the day by Helen Keller focuses on happiness, contentment, success and human nature. The quote explains how people ...

She was an author, advocate, humanitarian and co-founded the ACLU.

Judy Chinitz’ son Alex, 32, has non-speaking autism. At age 25 he was in a daycare program where he mostly stared out the window. As far as she knew, Chinitz said, “his functioning level was that of a ...

Congratulations. After four years of hard work, you—or your son or daughter, or grandson or granddaughter, or neighbor or niece, or other sort of ramen eater—are graduating from college. It wasn’t ...

Keller Mayoral Candidates and Volunteers greeting voters as they came to Keller Town Hall to vote during Saturdays election. Fousia Abdullahi fousia.abdullahi@star-telegram.com Ross McMullin has been ...

Proposed changes to a bill aimed at guaranteeing people with developmental disabilities – especially nonverbal people – the right to choose their preferred way to communicate has caused outrage in the ...

It’s a church so old that Helen Keller worshipped there as a child. Services still take place in the Georgian Gothic sanctuary, almost 200 years later, and visitors can view the original slave gallery ...

In March 2026, a rumor shared on social media claimed actor Helen Hunt gave $3 million of her Academy Award winnings to a childhood teacher who provided extra tutoring to help Hunt with her dyslexia, ...

ROCHESTER — When one of the most famous women in the world walked into their Rochester classroom on Oct. 6, 1938, the 36 boys and girls seated at their desks knew they were in the presence of a ...