Michelle Diament is a Co-Founder at NewsBreak. She covers a range of topics including law and legal affairs, legislation, health and wellness, government and politics, and special education, with a particular focus on elections, public policy, and special needs advocacy. Michelle's work has been featured in Disability Scoop.
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Michelle Diament's coverage primarily focuses on national U.S. government announcements, legal policy regulation, and data citations related to disability services, Medicaid, ADA, SSI, education department issues and employment topics. She often covers stories related to the impact of regulations on disability service providers and individuals with disabilities.
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By: Michelle Diament
The Food and Drug Administration is ending its approval of Wellcovorin, the branded version of leucovorin. (FDA/Flickr)
By: Michelle Diament
At the last minute, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delayed the deadline for many healthcare providers to meet new accessibility requirements for their websites and mobile applications. (Thinkstock)
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon during a visit at Pembroke Academy in Detroit last September. (David Guralnick/The Detroit News/TNS)
Lakiesha Johnson, direct support coordinator, assists Grace Feazelle in getting ready to eat lunch while Toni Blair, direct support staff, works in the kitchen at Feazelle's apartment in Norfolk, Va. in April 2025. Feazelle has cerebral palsy and lives independently with help from equipment and from caregivers who are paid by Medicaid. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot/TNS)
By: Michelle Diament
Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for intellectual disability and how it is defined, the justices said never mind.
By: Michelle Diament
For the first time in more than two decades, federal officials are moving forward with plans to find out just how much schools across the nation are spending on students with disabilities.
By: Michelle Diament
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for his nomination hearing last year. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News/TNS)
Disability advocates are suing after the Trump administration abruptly delayed a pair of rules designed to improve accessibility right before they were set to take effect.
By: Michelle Diament
Tamera Peterson and daughter Hensley, 5, create a painted hand at a 2024 event in Medicine Lake, Minn. for the 10th anniversary of Jack's Basket, a nonprofit that delivers baskets of gifts and resources to families across the country with new babies who have Down syndrome. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune/TNS)
Multiple states are suing after the U.S. Department of Education abruptly canceled millions of dollars in grants that were supposed to go toward training special education teachers.
