I’m often surprised by the lack of awareness of consumer-directed care, also known as self-direction. It’s not new. In the 1990s, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded grants to develop ...

After 10 years as a systems advocate for the Resource Center for Accessible Living, a Hudson Valley organization that fights for self-determination for those living with disabilities, 33-year-old ...

A popular home care program that allows older New Yorkers and people with disabilities to hire their own caregivers became the focal point of last week’s budget talks as policymakers sought ways to ...