© 2026 All Rights reserved WUSF
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Our daily newsletter, delivered first thing weekdays, keeps you connected to your community with news, culture, national NPR headlines, and more.

A center for people with disabilities is closing. What does that mean for the people it serves?

A first-of-its-kind center for people with disabilities is set to close after cuts to federal funding.

Host Peter O’Dowd hears more about the impact from Heather Watkins, an advisory board member for the National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2026 WBUR

Thanks to you, WUSF is here — delivering fact-based news and stories that reflect our community.⁠ Your support powers everything we do.