Before he began his speech Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse, Nick Comstock made sure the crowd turned its attention to the woman sitting beside his wheelchair. He asked Kamilah King — his "DSP," or ...

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...

The award is given annually by ANCOR, a national association for community-based disability service providers.

Kevin Gibas is an infectious diseases doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as a research fellow with a focus in health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As the ...

What is a DSP? Direct support professional. Some other titles you may be more familiar with include nurse, job coach, family care provider, personal assistant, personal care assistant, and ...

Direct support professionals, or DSPs, are workers that support disabled people in living independently. They may help a disabled person navigate their community, cook, do chores, pay bills and other ...

2024 Direct Care Worker of the Year Awards winners. Raquel Torres, who works for St. Luke's in the Lehigh Valley, is on the right. Photo from Pennsylvania Homecare Association HARRISBURG, Pa. - A ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Amanda Hodgkins, a ...

Support workers in North Dakota who are contracted by the state to serve people with intellectual disabilities are pushing lawmakers for a wage increase. Jon Larson, executive director of the private ...

Editor's note: Direct Support issues will be the focus of a multi-part series. Artist Michelle Schladenhauffen divides her life between “before I got sick” and everything after. The 1991 Portsmouth ...