supporting workers with disabilities in competitive, integrated employment. And, the lawmakers said their proposal provides for the “inclusive wraparound services that some individuals with disabilities will need when subminimum wages are phased out.”

In addition to the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act, there are a number of other legislative efforts in the works that would put an end to subminimum wage. Phasing out the practice is among the goals of the Raise the Wage Act, a bill chiefly aimed at increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. And, President Joe Biden is currently pushing an infrastructure package called the American Jobs Plan that also seeks to do away with subminimum wage.

Several states and cities from Maryland to Alaska have already moved to prohibit employers from paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage in recent years. However, many families continue to support the option of subminimum wage employment arguing that it offers purpose for those with more significant disabilities who may struggle in other work environments.

Home health care workers serve older, disabled and terminally ill people at high risk of complications from COVID-19. Many workers are low-paid Black and Hispanic women, who have expressed more wariness about COVID-19 vaccines in surveys.

But lack of access, not hesitancy, is driving the low vaccination rate, said April Verrett, president of Service Employees International Union Local 2015, which represents over 400,000 home care and nursing workers in California.

“A lot has been made of vaccine hesitancy among communities of color,” Verrett said, “and it is true that there has been a high level of hesitancy. But I think what’s even more problematic is the barriers to access.”

A gait measurement analyzer was used to assess progress based on three measures — a turning test, a walking test, and a timed up-and-go test, in which the youngsters had to get up, walk 3m, and return to a chair.

Measurements were taken three times: before the horse-riding program began, after four weeks (eight rides), and at the end of the program.

Analysis of the results indicated improved walking ability after the program, with a significant increase in stride length noted.

The walk test revealed a significant effect on the duration of the forward gait cycle (walking speed increased), with significant improvements in both the left and right strides.

“In fact, it is not uncommon in clinical practice that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder would ask for different treatments in addition to the pharmacological approach, including healthcare practices that traditionally have not been part of conventional medicine, especially when the child’s behavioral difficulties have not been adequately controlled,” they said.

Among the most implemented and effective types of complementary methods are swimming, art therapy, music therapy and horse-related therapy.

Over the last decade, therapies involving horses have gained interest in the treatment of autism in light of their potential benefits around social functioning and postural control, which remain mostly resistant to medication.

Adult Protective Services and Rosenberg police were on the scene along with EMS personnel. The group home was unsafe, authorities said.

"Unfortunately, unlicensed personal care homes are a continuing problem that Adult Protective Services encounters repeatedly, said Adult Protective Services spokesperson Melissa Lanford in a statement.

Officials said they're looking for new homes for the 25 people who were removed.