In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 1/16/25, we delve into the state of public media: then we close out Dialogue on Disability Week with a talk about disability rights.

People with normal hearing who have trouble following conversations may have an underdiagnosed disorder.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 1/15/26, we talk with families of children with disabilities to learn how funding cuts have created more barriers to assistance.

Housing, home care among the concerns raised as the legislative session begins.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 1/14/26, we continue our Dialogue on Disability Week with a talk with the director and star of the short film "Don't Look Away."

For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide income and health care. The policy, known as the marriage penalty, affects people who rely on Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 1/12/26, we begin our annual Dialogue on Disability Week with a look at WXXI's new Move to Include podcast, and we talk with the team behind it.

During the Civil Rights Movement, disabled activists helped shape new legal protections. Decades later, local self-advocates say the fight for equal rights and treatment is far from over.

The new policy guides the use of what the state Department of Environmental Conservation calls "other power-driven mobility devices" on lands it manages.