Jamie Oosterhaus sits in a beach chair while wearing swim trunks and a rash guard. He is a lanky teenager with short dark hair.
Surfers Healing camp in Ocean City: Catching waves, big smiles for kids with autism

The one-day surf camp brought surfing experts to Ocean City to share their love of the ocean with kids with autism. Karen Oosterhaus of the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism, housed at the Center for Disabilities Studies, shared her thoughts on her son Jaime’s participation in the camp.

Kesha Williams is shown in profile. Her face is turned away from the camera so that only her long, dark hair is visible. She may be standing in her home, with pale walls, with simple black and white framed photos.
Fourth Circuit first to rule gender dysphoria a protected disability

A federal appeals court has ruled that protections granted by the ADA will extend to cover transgender people as a class. The ruling comes in a suit by Kesha Williams, a transgender woman, who was held in a men’s prison facility.

From left, Laurel Lawson, Jerron Herman and Alice Sheppard, rehearsing Kinetic Light’s “Wired." Lawon has short blue hair and wears a shiny blue costume, while strapped into a wheelchair and suspended by a strap. Similarly, Sheppard has curly blond hair and wears a purple costume. Herman, kneeling between the two, wears a black top and coppery tights that are almost indistinguishable from his skin.
‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry

The Kinetic Light dance company, led by disabled artists, considers audience access from the outset. All elements of the upcoming performances of the latest show,
“Wired” have been imagined with a variety of disabilities in mind.

Camp Lenape sign in Felton with red-painted wood pavilion with picnic tables in the background. The sign has red letters on a pyramidal blue wooden structure.
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware closing doors

After 70 years of serving the Delawareans with movement disorders, the nonprofit has struggled recently to raise enough money to meet rising costs.

Black and white still from nighttime video footage shows two New Castle County Police SUVs with headlights on in a residential street. The grainy footage looks over a small front yard with chain link fence, trash cans left for pickup and a few parked vehicles. A few police officers and another person are visible.
Why did an intellectually disabled man end up with a broken arm after police arrested him?

A Delaware man with intellectual disabilities was injured during an arrest in May, sparking a debate about the disproportionate use of force by police when dealing with people with disabilities.