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August 26, 2024

PBS
Millions of Americans are priced out of homes and apartments. For people with disabilities, finding an accessible place they can afford can be even more challenging.

Los Angeles Times
Some Disney parkgoers and former Disability Access Service pass users say they feel betrayed by the company since changes to the system have taken ...

August 19, 2024

USA Today
Disabled Americans hope Tim Walz's openness about his son's ADHD will shine spotlight on other Americans with learning disabilities.

Disability Scoop
Housing agencies in each of the selected states will receive between $4 million and $8 million to help people with disabilities access affordable ...

August 12, 2024

UNM Newsroom - The University of New Mexico
... disability in Anthropology. Mattison. Associate Professor Siobhán Mattison. The $94,224 award supports aims to increase the exchange of information ...

The Daily News
The Disability Information and Access Line(DIAL) is national call center that helps people with disabilities get connected to ...

August 5, 2024

Forbes
While technology-facilitated disability discrimination may represent a newer form of an old injustice, it is not going anywhere. Indeed, as ...

The 19th News
While organizers say the call was a success, participants and community leaders are frustrated by a lack of substance, organization and...

July 29, 2024

Slate
In a 6–3 ruling, the Supreme Court just held that people experiencing homelessness could be subject to criminal and civil penalties for sleeping in public spaces.

Intelligencer
The headset is already changing disabled users’ lives.

July 22, 2024

CBS News
The fight for community, inclusion and acceptance is still going strong 34 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law.

Teen Vogue
Growing up, Briare always struggled to find trend-forward clothing that fit her smaller body–Briare is a little person—so she began cutting and altering clothing she bought at fashion stores.

July 15, 2024

NPR
July is Disability Pride Month, an event celebrating the diversity and contributions people with disabilities have made. NPR wants readers to ...

WSJ
Importance of such lawsuits. Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities.

July 8, 2024

Variety
Inevitable Foundation‘s latest survey has found that audiences have expressed “dissatisfaction” with disability representation in the entertainment industry.

Disability Scoop
Countless federal regulations ensuring the rights of people with disabilities could face legal challenges after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned ...

July 1, 2024

19th News
A letter to the network requests American Sign Language interpreters and that moderators ask about topics relevant to the disability community, like COVID-19 and special education.

ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve
UW News
In a new study, UW researchers found that ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials — such as the “Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award” — lower than the same resumes without those honors and credentials.

June 24, 2024

The Seattle Times
Does being “independent” mean one is no longer disabled? No. For most disabled people, being independent is to learn how to do their everyday activities with minimal assistance.

CMU
A new Carnegie Mellon University study shows that many people with autism embrace ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools for help and advice as they confront problems in their workplaces.

June 17, 2024

The Hechinger Report
University of San Diego professors are developing programs to help empower neurodivergent students to thrive in college and career

Harvard Gazette
Tech offers promise to help yet too often perpetuates ableism, say researchers. It doesn’t have to be this way.

June 10, 2024

Diverse
Two men with disabilities have joined forces with the only instructor who would help them achieve what others had told them was "impossible".

Disability Scoop
The nation's pediatricians are getting new guidance on how to help teenagers with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families ...

June 3, 2024

Diverse
While the ruling sought to dismantle the legal framework of racial segregation and promised equal educational opportunities for all, its implementation often overlooked the unique needs of Black students with disabilities.

NBC News
Many neurodevelopmental issues have no known cause. But new research points to mutations in a single gene as a contributing factor to a relatively large share of cases.

May 27, 2024

NBC News
The new Disability Reproductive Equity Act marks a new chapter in disability history, where more organizations are willing to work together on reproductive rights and justice issues.

K-12 Dive
A new U.S. Department of Justice rule aims to ensure that state and local government web content and mobile apps are accessible for people with disabilities.

May 20, 2024

NBC News
Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol. Michael Carey said his confrontation with Sen ...

teen Vogue
Being part of the disability community for decades, I had no idea I would become a user of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)...

May 13, 2024

NPR
A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.

Time
There are not nearly enough resources or adapted equipment made for moms with physical disabilities. I had a very hard time finding a crib—I ended up ...

May 6, 2024

BBC
A record-breaking disabled sailor has begun a month-long circumnavigation of Britain to raise money for his sport.

Harvard Business Review
Disclosing a challenging health condition at work can be risky. You may get the accommodations you need, but you may also be met with suspicion, resentment, and accusations of making it all up.

April 29, 2024

UCSF
UCSF physician keeps quality of life foremost for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

New York Times
After 50 years, Creative Growth in Oakland celebrates as its artists enter the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s collection.

April 22, 2024

Axios
Disability coverage in the U.S. helps replace lost income for workers who can't be on the job. But when a child needs full-time care, that can...

SMA News Today
Columnist Brianna Albers considers stepping back from social media and exploring alternate ways to be a disability advocate.

April 15, 2024

BBC
The UK's first fully-blind overseas ambassador tells BBC News her disability can help build relationships with influential people around the globe, ahead of taking up a role in Slovenia in August.

Disability Scoop
As the Biden administration prepares to issue new rules aimed at bolstering supports for those with disabilities, the president says that much more work is needed.

April 8, 2024

Fox Business
Disney will be changing its Disability Access Service (DAS) procedures in the upcoming months, significantly changing eligibility for the service.

����ԭ�� Square News
The employee said she was fired after requesting leave due to a breast cancer diagnosis.

April 1, 2024

The Guardian
Behind the erasure of disabled children lies the frightening belief that they don't belong in 'perfect' photos – or public spaces,...

USA Today
"Nature is a shared human experience," disability advocate Nash Dunn says.

March 25, 2024

NPR
Holistic health care like this is rare among the country's 2 million adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Carlson's doctor, ...

Spectrum News
Wildwood Programs officials are examining changes to patients' care as the patients age.

March 18, 2024

BBC
When Rebecca Millard was told her baby had Down's Syndrome she simply said: "So what?"

Deadline
The BBC and Netflix unveiled a disability partnership at Edinburgh TV Festival in 2021, and now sources are questioning where the shows are.

March 11, 2024

Forbes
Two critical campaigns have recently got underway aimed at tackling deep-seated fears amongst advertising brand creatives of getting disability ...

Disability Scoop
Accordingly, the statement indicates that public entities should tailor their emergency response to avoid discrimination based on disability. That may ...

March 4, 2024

KTVZ
Last weekend, Shane Gillis took a gamble that didn't pay off on the stage of “Saturday Night Live,” when he dunked on the LGBTQ and disability ...

NPR
Despite calls to improve, air travel is still a nightmare for many with disabilities. The immediate reaction from disability advocates was largely ...

February 26, 2024

Disability Scoop
The number of people with disabilities across the nation who are employed is at its highest level since federal officials started keeping track.

AP News
Across the U.S., hundreds of thousands of children, adolescents and young adults with physical or intellectual disabilities are waiting for state-covered services.

February 19, 2024

Disability Horizons
Examining the complex debates around disability terminology and ableist language. Providing guidance on more respectful alternatives to outdated ...

Conde Nast Traveler
To celebrate my 20-year anniversary of traveling with a disability, I went on an epic cross-country adventure, riding a CanAm Spyder F3 (a type of ...

February 12, 2024

The Verge
In December, the US Census proposed changes to how it categorizes disability. If implemented, the changes would have slashed the number of ...

Disability News Service
Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to do more to ensure that public charging-points for electric vehicles are accessible to drivers with access needs.

February 5, 2024

Seattle Times
Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau has paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey

BBC
The government has quietly dropped a commitment to increase the amount of money that disabled people in England can claim to adapt their homes.

January 29, 2024

New York Times
The first to complete a marathon with a prosthetic leg — he did it in New York — he went on to found a track club for disabled runners, expanding it worldwide.

Forbes
The advantages that people with disabilities bring to their employers are many and varied – from higher revenue and enhanced ...

January 22, 2024

Tech Policy Press
Advocates for disability rights and disability justice should prioritize the protection of privacy as a central issue, writes Ariana Aboulafia.

BBC
Across the globe, some destinations are realising disabled tourists are a major, underserved segment.

January 15, 2024

BBC
A old caretaker's house has been turned into a smart home showcasing assistive technology.

The Arc
Journalists, did you know people with disabilities are the largest minority voting bloc in our country? To ensure accessible and inclusive ...

January 8, 2024

The ����ԭ�� Post
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition or performing daily tasks such as ...

The Brown Daily Herald
The student alleged that the University failed to promptly address a request for accommodations related to their disability status. The student also ...

January 1, 2024

Disability Scoop
Peterson, who has quadriplegia, is an enthusiastic participant in an unusual test of autonomous vehicles in this corner of northern Minnesota.

Time
Loneliness has long been a pervasive issue within the disability community, growing even more pronounced as individuals age.

December 25, 2023

Forbes
Some disabled people struggle to carve out “alone time” because of intense personal care needs. But many of us with disabilities find ourselves ...

New York Times
Members of Congress who have children with disabilities have bonded over that shared experience, despite vast political differences and broader polarization.

December 18, 2023

NPR
A controversial Census Bureau proposal could shrink the U.S. disability rate by 40%

Western News - Western University
Kenny Reilly, a PhD student at Western University is studying blind interactions with nature in 20th century U.S. to challenge assumptions about ...

December 11, 2023

NPR
Balal, who has dwarfism, has dedicated himself to making sure all kinds of marginalized voices are heard in discussions about climate change.

AP News
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough ...

December 4, 2023

Apple
For physician and disability advocate Tristram Ingham, Apple's new speech accessibility features provide reassurance amid an uncertain future.

BBC
They both attend La Fenice, just outside Verona - an association set up in 2001 which trains disabled people, as well as those who are non-disabled, in equestrian vaulting.

November 27, 2023

The ����ԭ�� Post
The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire ran the numbers for me: ����ԭ�� 19 million people age 65 and older in the United States — ...

Los Angeles Times
The state's universities, despite being leaders in the field, have struggled to institutionalize disability scholarship and to hire disabled ...

November 20, 2023

Forbes
The Moonshot Disability Accelerator Initiative recently released a report, with accelerator pioneer Village Capital, about the state of the ...

BBC
A farm dedicated to providing a home and community hub for people with disabilities and mental health issues for 30 years is to be sold.

November 13, 2023

The Hollywood Reporter
... the five-course program will teach disabled artists essential elements of key art creation, with the potential for temporary contract opportunities at the streamer.

Disability Scoop
Dozens of disability advocacy groups are urging the Biden administration to end a decades-old program allowing employers to pay workers with ...

November 6, 2023

Variety
...industry creatives and executives gathered for breakfast and a series of conversations centered around the topic of disabilities and inclusion in Hollywood.

CBS
Baltimore Improv visited the Baltimore VA Medical Center Wednesday to conduct a workshop with disabled veterans.

October 30, 2023

BBC
The research, based in Northern Ireland, uses Virtual Reality (VR) to allow musicians with disabilities to play specially-designed virtual instruments.

Forbes
The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for ...

October 23, 2023

BBC
Matthew loves cricket. Playing it, watching it and also now coaching. Last year he started volunteering with the disability team...

Appalachian News-Express
Both immigrants, and both deaf, the Gitermans started Crepe Crazy in 2007. What began as a mom-and-pop shop at festivals has grown...

October 16, 2023

AP News
Playing video games has long been a challenge for people with disabilities, chiefly because the standard controllers for the PlayStation...

Spectrum News
This weekend on In Focus, we recognize Disability Employment Awareness Month and some of the advocates working to ensure New Yorkers of all ...

October 9, 2023

New York Times
The Supreme Court wrangled on Wednesday over the question of whether a disability rights activist could sue a hotel for violating a federal disability ...

Forbes
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Disability affects 26% of people and only 21% those with disabilities are employed.

October 2, 2023

People
Woman with Disability Recalls Being 'Shocked' When Chair Lift Repairman Used the Word 'Deadweight' (Exclusive). “Disabled humans are humans beyond ...

AP News
Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair on Monday helped President Joe Biden mark the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act...

September 25, 2023

Wired
Journeying into the future will require embracing disability—and recognizing its power in our changing world.

The ����ԭ�� Post
Disability advocates say the change reflects an ongoing shift in medicine from trying to “fix” or cure disabled people toward viewing them more ...

September 18, 2023

The New York Times
Twenty couples gathered in ����ԭ�� to show their commitment to each other and the fight against laws that make it financially difficult for people with disabilities to marry.

BBC
The cost of some disability benefits could "soar" unless action is taken to improve the health of people about to retire, research suggests. The ...

September 11, 2023

Disability Scoop
Most kids will meet other kids with disabilities. Here are a few ways parents can encourage their children to assimilate and befriend someone who ...

Disability Scoop
Federal officials are proposing new regulations prohibiting medical providers from discriminating against people with disabilities and setting new ...

September 4, 2023

Next City
Disability inclusion in emergency preparedness and response doesn't just mean supporting disabled victims of extreme weather.

NPR
Former NFL player Jason "Jay" Alford is one of the 10 players listed on the lawsuit. He has been denied disability benefits twice. As a defensive ...

August 28, 2023

Disability Scoop
In an analysis of the 100 top-grossing films last year, researchers found that 54 did not include a single speaking character with a disability.

The Conversation
We spoke to young people with intellectual disability. They had the same goals for life after high school as most people their age.

August 21, 2023

Forbes
People with disabilities don't all think alike. Anyone with even the smallest experience with disability or connection to disability issues can ...

Mountain Xpress
The race will be a chance for athletes with disabilities and their volunteer support bikers to safely hit a trail together.

August 14, 2023

Time
So even as a kid, he had to fight for rights that people without disabilities don't have to think twice about. Now, at the age of 32, Ndopu is on ...

Disability Scoop
More than a dozen advocacy groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the rights of people with disabilities to sue under the Americans ...

August 7, 2023

Fort Worth Report
“It used to be that when people had a disability, they were hidden. And Lauren's not. We are not ashamed of anything.

The National
Disability pride month is steeped in a notion that should be applicable any time of the year.

July 31, 2023

The Colorado Sun
Return to Dirt lets people with spinal cord injuries take the wheel in specially equipped off-road rigs that can be driven with adaptive controls.

New York Time
New regulations announced by the Transportation Department will mandate that more new planes have accessible lavatories, though the requirement ...

July 24, 2023

CNBC
Getting an employment opportunity is often the first hurdle for people with disabilities. Some 25% of people say they have a disability or health ...

Pew Research Center
Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

July 17, 2023

Penn Today
Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities. “Today, I have no pain,” says Sara Purinton, a doctoral ...

The Hill
A 10-year-old amputee in Colorado is defying odds as a track star, and now she’s about to compete at the national level.

The Hill
Vice President Harris will convene Tuesday with disability rights leaders at the White House to discuss the improvement of transportation accessibility.

July 3, 2023

Forbes
My experience is not an isolated one, one in four people are Disabled, and 80% of disabilities are acquired between the ages of 18 and 64. Disability ...

The Texas Tribune
This month, changes go into effect impacting first responders who leave the profession using something called duty disability.Students with disabilities can find success in college, live independently and get jobs with the right kind of help. Here are college programs ...

June 26, 2023

The New York Times
Why the 1932 Movie 'Freaks' Is a Touchstone for Disability Representation. Though it has detractors, scholars and advocates have largely embraced this ...

The Texas Tribune
Students with disabilities can find success in college, live independently and get jobs with the right kind of help. Here are college programs ...

June 19, 2023

AP News
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while ...

HR Dive
“Disability” as defined by the ADA deals not just with physical and mental health impairments, but also those that substantially limit workers' ...

June 12, 2023

UN Web TV - the United Nations
The European Parliament, in cooperation with Greece, will convene a side event on Building up a Disability-Inclusive Democracy: Innovative ...

CBS News
A quadriplegic mother on raising twins: "Having a disability is not the end of the world" ... Dani Izzie and her husband, Rudy, insist there's nothing ...

June 5, 2023

Yahoo Finance
The disability community is the largest American minority population. At least 41 million adults in the United States, almost 13 percent of the ...

Forbes
Companies that recognize and value the importance of hiring and retaining employees with disabilities know what is needed to provide a culture...

May 29, 2023

AHIP
For millions of working Americans, disability income (DI) insurance protects them against the risk that a disabling illness or injury will prevent ...

USA Today
Most employers offer short-term disability coverage but the length of coverage and type of disabilities covered will depend on the definition of ...

May 22, 2023

CNN
All the players are visually impaired and reliant on unraveling all these sounds from one another to navigate their way around the pitch ...

NPR
The Consumer Product Safety Commission took photos of people with disabilities using home safety devices like flashlights and smoke alarms — then ...

May 15, 2023

PBS
More than half a million Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are currently waiting for government funding for long-term ...

Disability Scoop
Apple is introducing a host of new features to make the iPhone and iPad easier to use for people with cognitive disabilities and those who are ...

May 8, 2023

Disability Scoop
Disability advocates are warning that time is running short for the Biden administration to issue new Section 504 regulations.

Forbes
The bill would insert the phrase “intellectual disability” to replace nearly 30 instances in statute where “mentally retarded” is currently used.

May 1, 2023

NPR
A California law allows a terminally ill person to end their life, but some people with disabilities say they're at risk of being coerced into ...

The Hill
The bill would insert the phrase “intellectual disability” to replace nearly 30 instances in statute where “mentally retarded” is currently used.

April 24, 2023

NPR
A woman's lifelong judgement of her own appearance changes after she gives birth to a daughter with disabilities.

Forbes
Since the recent passing of Judy Heumann, the iconic Disability Rights activist, I have spent much time contemplating the very notion of change ...

April 17, 2023

The World Economic Forum
Unemployment among those with disabilities can be as high as 80%, and this figure can be even higher among those with conditions such as autism.

Peace Corps
Since the age of 7, Messner benefited from programs serving people with disabilities, primarily Arizona Disabled Sports (AzDS), an adaptive sports ...

April 10, 2023

National Organization for Women
Like many women today, women with disabilities are vulnerable to losing vital access to reproductive healthcare, face additional discrimination, and ...

Oregon Capital Chronicle
Sara Gelser Blouin has long been an advocate for children with disabilities. Her bill that would pay parent caregivers passed the Senate Committee ...

April 3, 2023

Shoreline Area News
Graphite Gallery at Graphite Arts Center opened a “touchable” art exhibition "Tactile Vision" on March 25, 2023.

The New Yorker
Cook, who lives in Austin, Texas, and is an artist and a disability activist in addition to being a filmmaker, told me in an e-mail that “caregiving ...

March 27, 2023

NPR
The Supreme Court took up a case that could curtail disability rights campaigner Deborah Laufer's lawsuit over hotel accessibility involving ...

NBC News
The Supreme Court took up a case that could curtail disability rights campaigner Deborah Laufer's lawsuit over hotel accessibility involving ...

March 20, 2023

Disability Scoop
A proposal in Congress would do away with Medicaid's institutional bias and guarantee people with developmental disabilities access to services in ...

BBC
Currently, disability benefits can be reduced or withdrawn when a claimant returns to work. The plans are part of Mr Hunt's drive to get more people ...

March 13, 2023

Hear Me Now
If you take only one fact away from this podcast today, it should be this: more than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

The Guardian
Thousands of people with learning disabilities are stuck in long-stay hospitals because of a lack of psychological support and overly complicated ...

March 6, 2023

AP News
Heumann has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement” for her longtime advocacy on behalf of disabled people through protests and ...

VICE
In a new low for the billionaire, Musk insinuated a former employee's disability was exaggerated and said he "did no actual work."

February 27, 2023

Yahoo Finance
Disability loans can be useful tools to help bridge the financial gap between applying for government disability benefits and getting approval ...

Axios
Folks with disabilities face extraordinary obstacles when it comes to getting jobs. High levels of bias and discrimination have long kept unemployment ...

February 20, 2023

Forbes
According to The Return on Disability Report the disability market is larger than China and growing ...

The Wall Street Journal
Coming clean on limitations posed by symptoms such as fatigue and brain fog is difficult for many ...

February 13, 2023

The New York Times
How Educators Secretly Remove Students With Disabilities From School. Known as informal removals, the tactics are “off-the-book” suspensions often in ...
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CBS News
The plaintiffs said that the board's behavior was "motivated by financial considerations to limit the payment of benefits" from the disability ...

February 6, 2023

TechCrunch
Chronically Capable helps people with disabilities and chronic illnesses find flexible jobs, and now, after scaling it for nearly five years, the ...

Second Wave Media
... necessities cost more when they need to adapt to someone who uses a wheelchair. Lucia Rios explains the hidden costs of living with a disability.

Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress recently hosted a roundtable of more than 20 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights and justice ...

Wolf Street
Applications for Disability Benefits Fell to 20-Year Low. They added 1.6 million more workers to the ...

January 30, 2023

Forbes
So within disability communities themselves, certain kinds of disabilities can be a kind of comparative privilege that people with other, less ...

Forbes
There can be no definitive list of "disability don'ts." But here are three of the most common things non-disabled people say and do, with the best ...

TulsaKids Magazine
Yet, hundreds of other causes of intellectual disabilities have no identifiable appearance. Potential Consequences of an Invisible Disability. Delayed ...

World Economic Forum
CEOs must balance financial performance with purpose-led values but many are overwhelmed by the complexity of disability inclusion.

Hitting the snow with a new course on accessibility and disability justice
UW News
Observing this winter activity through a lens of accessibility and disability justice is the point of a new class developed by UW Bothell associate teaching professor Jason Naranjo.

January 23, 2023

Forbes
How you cope with a disability is one thing. How you decide to present or reveal your disability to others is something else.

The New York Times
That means people can be eligible if their disability occurred after ... The accounts let people with disabilities save and invest for current ...

January 16, 2023

TIME
Yet one category is strikingly absent: disability inclusion. Perhaps this is because disability comes in many forms, and as a result necessitates ...

Nature
During climate emergencies, individuals with disabilities face two to four times higher mortality rates and are at disproportionate risk from slow- ...

Pioneers Post
Talking about disability can be a very personal thing. But avoiding the topic entirely can leave disabled customers or employees feeling excluded ...

January 9, 2023

STAT News
For people with chronic conditions and other disabilities, the experience can be even more jarring, full of additional barriers, stigma, ...

POLITICO
Advocates have been trying for years to draw attention to the harsh conditions that people with disabilities face after natural disasters.

The Guardian
From student to disability rights champion. Hale Zukas' remarkable life began in a time when few rights for people with disabilities existed. He was ...

Phys.org
a lack of disability representation in K-12 curriculum; · a lack of disability community in K-12 schools; · a lack of school staff with disabilities.

January 2, 2023

SHRM
Zac Bradley, a disability-rights advocate, discussed whether companies are required by law to offer accommodations and offered simple ways to ...

Forbes
Here are three broad guidelines for how people with disabilities can develop 2023 resolutions that actually mean something to them.

Forbes
That is to say that, in films and TV, where characters with disabilities are present, their entire raison d'etre and defining characteristic tend to ...

Los Angeles Times
At last month's United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt, disability activists urged governments to include people with disabilities in their ...

December 26, 2022

The Guardian
Paraplegic dancer Joel Brown and ballerina Eve Mutso's touring piece isn't about disability rights but has provoked discussion of India's ...

Forbes
Without taking this particular buzzword too seriously or literally, the idea of different disability communities and viewpoints having their own ...

Forbes
Planning for holidays that are accessible and welcoming for people with disabilities isn't a “special” effort, or a niche concern .

December 19, 2022

DesignWanted
Designing with disability in mind is key for industrial designers since most people will be affected at some stage in life.

ADP
In the keynote session for Inclusion Summit 2022, ADP's Giselle Mota interviewed para-athlete Noelle Lambert on disability inclusion in the ...

December 12, 2022

Center for American Progress
Unnecessary barriers make accessing basic supports extremely difficult for disabled people across the country.
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The World Economic Forum
The Valuable 500 Founder Caroline Casey explains how to use business as a vehicle to address the inequity of people with disabilities across ...

Chronicle of Philanthropy
For years, disability rights and inclusion were too often an afterthought in philanthropy. Our own institution, the Ford Foundation, ...

December 5, 2022

World Health Organization (WHO)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is observed every year on 3 December. The theme for this year is “Transformative solutions ...

Forbes
Disability and Social Media. getty. The recent turmoil with Twitter has prompted many online disabled people to think more deeply about what they ...

The World Economic Forumdis
Over 1.3 billion people currently experience disability but only 4% of businesses are focused on making offerings inclusive of employees with ...

November 28, 2022

The ����ԭ�� Post
The bronze medal-winning British paralympian joins a European Space Agency program to test how people with disabilities can live and work in outer ...

Politico
The Social Security Administration told POLITICO that roughly 44000 disability claims have referenced a prior Covid infection, though it is not ...

Forbes
With a labor shortage across key sectors – tapping into untapped talent pools that like individuals with disabilities would appear a no-brainer.

November 21, 2022

The New Yorker
In Rivkah Beth Medow's short documentary about a mother coming to terms with her son's disability, bodies give and receive many versions of care.

Transurban
People with a disability are getting a taste of a career in transport technology thanks to our new partnership with Multicap and Q-Free.

The ����ԭ�� Post
People with disabilities consider Twitter a “lifeline” but fear changes ... by Elon Musk will disproportionately harm disability communities.

November 14, 2022

NPR
Johnson's situation isn't unique. 25% of U.S. adults live with a disability. Experts say many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities ...

UN Web TV - the United Nations
Persons with disabilities are among the groups most impacted by climate change but have been largely invisible in climate action discussions. This ...

Town of Sudbury
United Spinal Association published and freely shares Disability Etiquette. Here is an example of the tips you will find in this great guide:.

November 7, 2022

Disability Scoop
Sign up for Disability Scoop's free email newsletter to get the latest developmental disability news sent straight to your inbox.

voanews.com
Several programs in the United States help people with disabilities enter the workforce. VOA reporter Arzouma Kompaore has this story of how one ...

Forbes
Why is it still so difficult for individuals with disabilities to find paying work, and for disabled people in general to participate more in the ...

October 31, 2022

PBS
Speaker: So, we are trying to find new avenues for that. Cat Wise: Every Friday, members of the University of California Berkeley Disability Lab meet ...

Forbes
This column explores the importance of the disability narrative as a central to the growth of the future of work and building a viable corporate ...

The New York Times
Mr. Patel, whose disability affects his speech and can make ... And even when they can find jobs, workers with disabilities frequently encounter ...

October 24, 2022

Public Health Insider
Disability is often a misunderstood term. It covers a spectrum, from being in a wheelchair to having chronic medical conditions, mental health, ...

Well+Good
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Its goal is to educate all folks about the vast ways people with disabilities ...

WTKR
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. North Carolina's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in Elizabeth City says ...

October 17, 2022

Prevention.com
Do you have a hidden disability, a condition no one can see? These are ways to handle some of the challenges you'll face while living with an ...

The Hill
Researchers found models were generally more likely to rate content containing disability-related words as negative.

National Governors Association
Building inclusive apprenticeship programs for people with disabilities is a proven strategy that can lead to strong wages, a pathway to future ...

October 10, 2022

Mondaq
NDEAM is led by the United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy, "but its true spirit lies in the many ...

Hawaii News Now
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - October happens to be Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness ...

Nation.Cymru
What if there were more education about disabilities, ableism and how you can actively support the disabled community instead of simply asking “What's ...

October 3, 2022

The White House
Forty-five years later, in 1990, the Congress came together to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which helps to ensure our workforce is ...

Forbes
Working Through Virus Symptoms · Employers are Flying Blind · Defining Disability · A Link to Alzheimer's.

IFA Magazine
Studies have revealed that people with a learning disability stay in their jobs 3.5 times longer than their non-disabled co-workers. They also show ...

September 26, 2022

New York Focus
Lawmakers banned solitary confinement for people with disabilities. But the state prison agency has crafted its own policies.

Teen Vogue
Many disabled people face significant hurdles that prevent them from mounting successful campaigns

The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Supplemental Security Income program, a hard-to-get federal benefit, was created nearly 50 years ago to lift out of poverty Americans who are older, blind, or disabled.

September 19, 2022

Teen Vogue
We asked 11 disability rights advocates about their experiences during the various stages of the pandemic and what’s next in the fight for disability rights and inclusion.

Forbes
Without a structured and intentional advocacy plan in place, full digital accessibility compliance efforts can derail.

Nature Human Behavior
The low representation of academics with disabilities is a longstanding problem on which progress has been slow.

September 12, 2022

KEYT
The class action lawsuit filed this week in a federal court in Oregon accuses the city of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

KTBS
They spelled out 13 problems in a letter Friday to leaders of the state Department of Education, including accusations that state officials have been less than transparent about responding to the concerns.

Disability Scoop
The Autism Care Network is adding five new sites, bringing the Autism Speaks-backed collaboration to��25 locations��in the U.S. and Canada.

September 5, 2022

The Guardian
Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

Los Angeles Times
“She describes herself as a disabled oracle, and that’s a part of it. She foresees the future.”

Davidson College
She took her place at the forefront of the grassroots disability rights movement at its inception in the 1960s, after decades of experiencing discrimination first-hand.

August 29, 2022

Forbes
What’s more important for disabled people to hear about — bad news or good?

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Learn the differences between short-term and long-term disability insurance, and find out what responsibilities employers have for providing coverage.

The Arc of Pennsylvania
As difficult as the COVID-19 health-care crisis has been on everyone, the impact of this pandemic has been staggering on individuals with disabilities and their families

August 22, 2022

NBC��News
Lyft officials said the company is exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act and doesn’t have to cater to people with nonfolding wheelchairs.

CNN
Gender dysphoria describes an uncomfortable conflict between a person’s assigned gender and the gender with which the person identifies, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

Yahoo Finance
The program is designed to quickly identify claims where the applicant’s condition or disease clearly meet Social Security’s statutory standard for disability.

August 15, 2022

Politico
Providers for intellectually and developmentally disabled struggle to recruit and retain staff amid soaring inflation, pandemic burnout.

Kiplinger
Social Security Disability Insurance is there to help those who can’t work, but getting the benefits you need can be confusing and difficult.

ASAN
While the bill contains some small investments that will tangentially benefit the disability community, almost every disability-related policy from the Build Back Better Act was stripped out.

August 8, 2022

NPR
Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability.

CNN Politics
The bipartisan legislation, called the Public Safety Officer Support Act, was approved by unanimous consent in the Senate on Monday.

PR Newswire
Black Knight's strong commitment to disability inclusion helped it earn a top score, and the company was named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion"

August 1, 2022

U.S. Department of State
Today we celebrate the 32^nd��anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for persons with disabilities.

CNET
Disability rights aren't a niche issue, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made that impossible to ignore any longer.

CBC News
Federal regulations require wheelchair users to sit in seats and stow large mobility devices with luggage

July 25, 2022

NPR
The resulting statue and the attention it has drawn have inspired Robison and his wife to launch a nonprofit that helps people obtain free or low-cost mobility equipment.

Forbes
These more positive ideas of disability not only��feel��better, they��work��better, too.

HR Dive
Employers have recognized that wellness resources are a form of disability affirmation, the report noted.

July 18, 2022

The ����ԭ�� Post
The 10-item list spells out existing policies for fliers under the Air Carrier Access Act

Department of Justice
Through July, Grace Ridge Brewing shows “Art From the Heart,” a show increasing awareness for Disability Pride Month.

Forbes
Disability Pride Month has served as a reminder that there is a new vocabulary emerging that continues to transform the disability experience in a multitude of ways.

July 11, 2022

BBC
For disabled people and those with mental ill-health, the heat can add many more serious complications and frustrations.

Peninsula��Clarion
Through July, Grace Ridge Brewing shows “Art From the Heart,” a show increasing awareness for Disability Pride Month.

NPR
The reality of disabled and immunocompromised people remains forgotten, causing them to feel left behind and further pushed out of society

July 5, 2022

VentureBeat
It all stems from the fact that the ability of people with disabilities to navigate and use the internet has historically been an afterthought.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Supporting community living through affordable, integrated, and accessible housing is a top priority at HUD and pursued every day as a cross-departmental effort.

FOX 5 Las Vegas
Mike Shoreman, a paddleboarder from Canada is attempting to be the first person with disabilities to cross each of the five Great Lakes.

June 23, 2022

Iowa Capital Dispatch
The percentage of public school students with disabilities has increased over the past decade.

Forbes
“How does this event or activity advance your disability inclusion strategy?”

U.S. Department of Labor
“A strong workforce is the sum of many parts, and disability has always been a key part of the equation,”

June 14, 2022

The ����ԭ�� Post
Student journalists at the University of Maryland spent months scrutinizing their campus and talking to people with disabilities. More college newspapers should.

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Their decisions might come down to practical details. But also … a feeling.

VoxLens: Adding One Line of Code Can Make Some Interactive Visualizations Accessible to Screen-Reader Users
UW News
����ԭ�� researchers worked with screen-reader users to design VoxLens, a JavaScript plugin that��allows people to interact with visualizations.

June 2, 2022

Forbes
How can outside observers��ever get a grip on how disabled people really feel and think?

USA Today
Shift thinking 'from charity to prosperity'

Federal Times
Less than half of all federal departments achieved government-wide permanent hiring goals for people with disabilities and targeted disabilities

May 23, 2022

The Guardian
As Amazon meets campaigners' demands for a 'disability fiction' section, adult literature still has much work to do.

CNBC
I'm always a bit nervous about who I can ask for help, because people naturally have unconscious biases about people with disabilities. However, the ...

Deadline
Is disability tracked as a metric and we're tangible diversity report? I think most companies will answer no to these questions right now.

May 16, 2022

Disability Scoop
The federal government is offering new guidance to help businesses ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as they use ...

CBC
Charles Olfert works with businesses and organizations to make their spaces more accessible for people with physical and intellectual disabilities ...

People
Activists say a new spate of laws aiming to ban ballot drop boxes would limit voting access for those with disabilities.

May 9, 2022

Entrepreneur
Empathy and active listening are two skills every effective leader should have. The experience of living with a disability provides an advantage ...

Disability Scoop
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision chips away at disability rights, advocates say, by making it harder to bring claims under some of the ...

The Arc
As issues at the intersection of disability and race remain under-recognized due to a lack fluency or awareness, nonprofit agencies AHRC Nassau ...

May 2, 2022

Disability Scoop
But, disability advocates are pushing for more time, arguing that states are ill-prepared. Beyond redeterminations for Medicaid beneficiaries, ...

Inside Higher Ed
With the lethal threat of COVID-19 on the decline, many colleges are relaxing policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Disability ...

Forbes
For people with disabilities, the last several years have been at once terrifying and exciting. Disabled people have on the one hand faced ...

Herald Net
A trails advocacy organization’s hiking guide now helps users determine which paths are wheelchair-friendly.

PBS
The trails through our public lands weren’t designed for wheelchairs, but new wheelchairs are designed for those trails. National Park Service accessibility specialist Quinn Brett wants parks to catch up with wheelchair technology, increasing access to American wilderness.

April 25, 2022

Forbes
Near the start of every journey with disability, there's a time when all the tests, treatments, and therapies end, and disabled people ask, ...

Forbes
This negative, embattled take on disability is most readily recognized in language habits. Children and youth with disabilities are spoken of as “ ...

Bond
Following the launch in February of the government's new Disability Inclusion and Rights Strategy, the Bond Disability and Development Group ...

April 18, 2022

TIME
Before our daughter Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth, I didn't know I was biased against people with disabilities.

Kiplinger
Income protection insurance will keep your paycheck working, even when you can't. Here are five key features of an individual disability insurance ...

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CDC
Vaccination strategies for healthcare providers, community organizations and partners to improve COVID-19 vaccine accessibility for children with ...

April 11, 2022

Brown Political Review
All people with disabilities deserve to live with dignity and financial security. To achieve this, the United States must move beyond arbitrary ...

Disability Scoop
After years of uncertainty, a popular Medicaid program that helps people with disabilities leave institutions for community-based living is set to ...

The Guardian
According to advocacy groups, many people with disabilities are struggling to access appropriate support after flooding in northern NSW and Queensland ...

April 4, 2022

Al Jazeera
A close look into the state of accessibility for people with disabilities in one of the world's largest cities.

USA Today
More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults have some kind of disability. · Even when travel spaces meet ADA requirements, they aren't always accessible for all.

LSE Blogs - London School of Economics
Teresa Almeida examines how disability prejudice perpetuates workplace ableism and the disability unemployment gap. People with disabilities face ...

March 28, 2022

Salem News
That person is Michael Reiner. His disability is cerebral palsy. He walks with forearm crutches. Reiner loves sports and early developed a sports ...

The Daily Reporter
But he's a big softie when teaching music to children with disabilities. On Wednesday, he gently guided 9-year-old Gabriel Ashley through a 15-minute ...

Yahoo
Disability advocate TaLisha Gryzb is a mother of four living with muscular dystrophy who educates viewers about her experiences on her Youtube ...

March 21, 2022

Department of Justice
It resolves a complaint under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that Ready to Work discriminated against an individual with ...

Forbes
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a reasonable accommodation as a modification to a job, work environment, or the hiring process.

Nonprofit Quarterly
The “invisibility” of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to typical citizens has long been a marker for potential abuse and ...

March 14, 2022

The ����ԭ�� Post
Patients are confronted with denials by both private insurance companies and the Social Security Administration as they fight for disability ...

Disability Scoop
— Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is able to stay out of an institution because health aides paid through a ...

Arise News
There is a fresh call for the implementation of the People with Disabilities Act to stop discrimination based on disability and sanction those who ...

March 7, 2022

Forbes
Disability awareness calls for businesses and other organizations to learn about and comply with accessibility standards, like those in the Americans ...

Today Show
Becca Halpin shares son's Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) diagnosis and the help they got from The Non-Verbal Learning Disability Project.

NPR
Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is able to stay out of an institution because health aides paid through ...

February 28, 2022

The New York Times
The Times's inaugural disability reporting fellow shares how one of the best ways to improve disability reporting is to talk to more disabled ...

NPR
Do you find yourself avoiding conversations on disabilities? Worried you'll offend a disabled friend? A disability rights activist shares ways to ...

Forbes
Exploring disability practices, policy, politics, and culture. ... itself over whether to say “person with a disability” or “disabled person.

February 21, 2022

Nature
This week's Global Disability Summit — organized by the governments of Norway and Ghana and the International Disability Alliance, with the support of ...

MARCA
The US government provides assistance to people with disabilities through their Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) scheme, ...

NPR
Do you find yourself avoiding conversations on disabilities? Worried you'll offend a disabled friend? A disability rights activist shares ways to ...

February 14, 2022

AAMC
Too often, disability is thought of like a light bulb: on or off. In reality, most disabilities fall somewhere along a spectrum from mild to ...

Disability Scoop
A new theme park designed to bring the iconic show "Sesame Street" to life will have a host of accommodations in place to welcome children with ...

ABC Action News
This "eMerge Career Collaborative" gives students with special needs the chance to earn a living wage and gain more independence. It also works toward ...

February 7, 2022

Scientific American
When an Intellectual Disability Means Life or Death. This new guest podcast from Undark takes up the case of Pervis Payne, and why his death ...

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CNBC
Basile, now a lawyer, philanthropist, disability rights advocate, and community relations manager for web accessibility company accessiBe, ...

Disability Scoop
Federal officials are reminding the nation's health care professionals that withholding treatment because a person has a disability is often ...

January 31, 2022

CNBC
For workers with disabilities, tools for accessibility, like screen readers and subtitles for video meetings, are extremely important and necessary ...

Disability News Service
Disabled campaigners have called on the government to tear up its “fundamentally broken” National Disability Strategy, after the high court ruled ...

Printing Impressions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its Guidance about when COVID-19 a considered a disability and would then qualify a person ...

January 24, 2022

Medpage Today
While this disability qualification is important for the fair protection of workers with COVID-induced disabilities, the link between COVID-19 and ...

Forbes
Self-employment offers an unparalleled level of autonomy for people with disabilities. PEXELS. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable ...

Yahoo
“When public officials bring the fight to people with disabilities, the community responds,” disability rights advocate Rebecca Cokley tells Yahoo ...

January 17, 2022

NPR
The rail transportation company Amtrak has paid over $2 million to more than 1,500 people with disabilities who experienced discrimination while ...

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Harvard Gazette - Harvard University
Tessa Charlesworth, a Department of Psychology postdoc, says social reckoning is needed to deal with implicit disability bias.

Learning Disability Today
Improving end-of-life care planning for people with learning disabilities will be the focus of a new two-year study that aims to produce a toolkit ...

January 10, 2022

Disability Scoop
Even as lawmakers blow through deadlines, disability advocates say they remain optimistic that a deal will be reached to approve the largest-ever ...

GeekWire
The Internet and assistive technology have the incredible power to level the playing field for people with disabilities. To advance digital equity ...

Forbes
This column explores more deeply the protean nature of the Disability Economy as a central link towards dealing with issues around corporate ...

January 3, 2022

CNBC
Regardless of disability status, 84% of those surveyed feel co-workers would benefit from workplace accessibility. According to EARN, the employer ...

Forbes
As 2021 draws to a rather messy close, especially for people with disabilities, it's time for another round of disability-themed New Year's ...

EdSource
Arguing that federal disability rights laws don't cover unintentional discrimination, the Los Angeles Community College District board of trustees ...

December 27, 2021

Thirteen.org
Author, filmmaker, and disability policy strategist Day Al-Mohamed. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3, and we have daily ...

HR Morning
An employee's fight for long-term disability benefits went all the way up to a federal appeals court. Here's what the court said.

Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Congress and the President have asked governors to rescue disability programs by increasing funding for the community system's Direct Support ...

December 20, 2021

Bloomberg Law
Workers who contract Covid-19 can be protected from discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Equal Employment ...

Forbes
This column further explores the Disability Economy by focusing on the thinking behind entrepreneurship and how the it is being redefined through ...

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Texas Standard
Experts offer tips for creating online or in-person celebrations that include people with hearing impairments, blindness and physical disabilities ...

December 13, 2021

The Boston Globe
Mya Pol, a student disability activist, is fighting for equity and joy for disabled folks. Living with chronic pain, she has learned to navigate ...

Forbes
If companies are going to truly embrace disability inclusion as a key stakeholder within their leadership strategy and a central theme to their ...

The Hollywood Reporter
I was not used to seeing a collective, a group of people with disabilities in this able-bodied world. And I had such a crush on one of the characters ...

December 6, 2021

WHO | World Health Organization
While disability correlates with disadvantage, not all people with disabilities are equally disadvantaged. Much depends on the context in which they ...

The White House
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed 31 years ago, it provided historic civil rights protections for disabled Americans.

Time Magazine
While Dole, once a three-sport athlete, was initially left despondent by his injuries, he went on to speak about his disabilities openly over the ...

November 29, 2021

UN News - the United Nations
Eddie Ndopu, an award-winning disability activist from South Africa, and one of 17 United Nations advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals, ...

Forbes
The question at the heart of the case, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. vs. Doe, was whether claims of unintentional discrimination against people with disabilities ...

Harvard Business Review
Executives and product team leaders need to stop excluding people with disabilities and understand that their decisions affect how users interact ...

November 22, 2021

CNBC
Britt Dorton is preparing to go to law school to become an attorney who focuses on disability and prisoner's rights.

SWHELPER
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met with many blank stares.

Disability Scoop
Through a partnership with a venerable name in the world of assistive technology, people with disabilities can now control Apple's iPad using ...

November 15, 2021

Department of Justice
(Uber) for charging “wait time” fees to passengers who, because of disability, need more time to enter a car. Uber's policies and practices of ...

Disability Scoop
Google wants to make it easier for people with disabilities that affect their speech to communicate with those around them and they're looking for ...

UN News - the United Nations
Nearly 240 million children worldwide, or one in 10, live with disabilities and experience deprivation in indicators such as health, education and ...

November 8, 2021

The Guardian
And the Americans With Disabilities Act, the UK's Disability Discrimination Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The ...

USNews.com
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of American adults say they have a physical or mental disability, a new study finds. Of ...

The New York Times
“Nagaenthran's death sentence indicates that the Singapore judicial system is failing to protect the safety and welfare of those with disabilities,” ...

November 1, 2021

Forbes
Before another disability employment month ends, it may help to review some of the things that disability employment experts and people with ...

The Regulatory Review
The child welfare system disproportionately harms families headed by parents with disabilities.

The Regulatory Review
Misunderstandings about disability lawsuits subvert justice for people with disabilities.

October 25, 2021

RTE
People with disabilities have been among the worst affected groups by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the National Advocacy Services for ...

Disability��Scoop
Children With Disabilities Face Special Back-To-School Challenges. by Heidi de Marco, California Healthline | October 20, 2021. Walking toward school.

Bega District News
A person with a disability was charged for stealing a Freddo Frog, while many more have been charged with sleeping rough and stealing food, ...

October 18, 2021

LEAD Center
People of color with disabilities face unique systemic challenges as a result of their intersecting identities. Centuries of exclusive practices ...

The New York Times
Audiobooks are an example of a technology developed by or for people with disabilities that has helped all of us ...

BBC News
A nurse who created a Covid-19 vaccine clinic for people with learning disabilities and autism has received national recognition��...

October 11, 2021

Association of University Centers on Disabilities
People with disabilities make up 19% of the adult U.S. population, however most public health training programs do not include curricula addressing the ...����

The National Disability Authority
Look for a trainer who developed their training course after consulting people with disabilities. Suggested curriculum for disability equality training.����

Office of Communications and Marketing
In their labs, the professors connect biomechanics and neuroscience to help those with disabilities and traumatic brain injuries find new function, ...

October 4, 2021

Forbes
Individual advocates sometimes win the services, benefits, or accommodations they were initially denied. And organized��disability��activism does shift ...

Federal Student Aid
New Automatic Total and Permanent��Disability��Discharge Process. Eligible borrowers identified as totally and permanently disabled based on data ...

Amanda Cachia
Interdisciplinary Approaches to��Disability��(the companion volume to Manifestos for the Future of Critical��Disability��Studies) identifies both the practical and ...

Sakshi English
Awards in this category are given to people with disabilities who have created an impact in Accessibility and Universal Design by designing consumer ...

ArchDaily
This year, Walda Verbaenen was one of the Gold Prize winners in the Universal Design category. Her translation of visual emoticons into a grid of Braille ...

September 20, 2021

The New York Times
In New York City, hundred of thousands of students with disabilities didn't receive special education services during remote learning ...

ITV News
A woman from Swansea who has cerebral palsy said she has learnt to "thrive" with her disability and hopes she can be the role model she was looking for, when she was growing up ...

News Medical
A pilot study at the University of Cincinnati found that young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) were able to lose or maintain their weight with a system of education and support in place ...

September 13, 2021

KALW Public Media
In early July, I visit Ingrid Tischer at the Berkeley apartment she’s shared with her husband, Ken, for the past 10 years ...

The Guardian
World leaders must act to protect disabled Afghans who are in immediate danger under Taliban rule, a prominent blind human rights activist has urged after being evacuated to the UK ...

USA Today
A Center for Public Integrity analysis of U.S. Department of Education data found that school policing disproportionately affects students with disabilities, Black children and, in some states, Native American and Latino children ...

September 6, 2021

The New York Times
Athletes reject the idea that they should be admired just for coping with disabilities, and not also for what they’ve accomplished ...

The ����ԭ�� Post
Service dogs made headlines in Japan last month when they strutted alongside visually impaired athletes on the Israeli team, tails wagging, during the Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony ...

Bomb Magazine
After a year of mostly interacting with people through mediated digital encounters like video chat, social media, and email, companies of all sizes are failing to adequately consider their user’s needs and experiences ...

ABC News
Women with cognitive and intellectual disability are increasingly being abused through technology, with perpetrators monitoring their behaviour, tracking their movements and encouraging them to share naked images, a new Australian study has found ...

Sport and Dev
Across international sport federations, disability is often missing from non-discrimination statements and policies – it is time to change that ...

Muscular Dystrophy News Today
This is Matt DeEmilio’s story ...

August 30, 2021

Disability Scoop
Big changes are coming once again to Disney’s system for providing accommodations to people with disabilities at its theme parks ...

VeryWell News
To coincide with disabled people from around the world gathering for the Tokyo Paralympic Games this week, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and International Disability Alliance (IDA) have launched the biggest-ever human rights movement for disabled people ...

Fox43
Ella Gipe is a 10-year-old attending fifth grade at Shaull Elementary School in Cumberland County. She lives with down syndrome and mild autism ...

EducationWeek
Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, schools must meet their obligations under federal law to identify and serve children with disabilities, the Education Department said ...

August 23, 2021

Reynolds Journalism Institute
For an industry that seeks to deliver factual information to communities while avoiding euphemism, journalists have a bad habit of falling back on imprecision when discussing topics that are unfamiliar or make us uncomfortable ...

France 24
A global campaign aimed at ending discrimination towards the world's 1.2 billion people with disabilities kicked off Thursday spearheaded by Paralympic chiefs and backed by a broad group of international organisations ...

Forbes
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission placed its stamp of approval on a Nasdaq initiative that largely sidelines people with disabilities when it comes to boardroom diversity reporting ...

The Guardian
The six-time gold medallist is campaigning for WeThe15 – a global human rights movement that will feature at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics ...

The ����ԭ�� Post
In the past two decades, the world has become much kinder to the estimated 6.1 million children and approximately 10 million adults with ADHD, whose hallmark symptoms are distraction, forgetfulness and impulsivity ...

August 16, 2021

Disability Scoop
Google is teaming up with Stanford University in an effort to make its workforce more neurodiverse ...

KSL News
A film written by and starring a Brigham Young University graduate will make its way to a streaming service and potentially film festivals in the coming months ...

Center for American Progress
It has been nearly 50 years since disability activists in San Francisco took over a federal building for 28 days to force the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ...

Book Riot
In progressive circles, disabled folks are all too often left out of conversations around inclusion and intersectionality ...

Nevada Today
... Across their lifespan, people with disabilities are more likely than those without disabilities to come into contact with police, either as a victim or as a perpetrator of a crime ...

August 9, 2021

Disability rights groups want funders to boost giving amid decline
Devex
New data showing a decline in funding for disability rights in recent years has some nonprofits worried about how funders will prioritize the area ...

Albany Herald
As summer break comes to an end, students and teachers are preparing for the 2021-22 school year ...

Inside Higher Ed
Florida State’s creative writing program wanted one professor but hired two. The fact that they were both disabled was something of an afterthought, but the professors say the move matters ...

KTVZ News
What's more important: winning a gold medal, completing a master's degree, or helping grow an international sport? If your name is Eliana Mason, the answer is all of the above ...

August 2, 2021

The New York Times
Let’s start with the good news: Significant depictions of disability on film and television shows have nearly tripled over the past decade compared with the previous 10 years ...

Forbes
The U.K. Government’s long-awaited National Disability Strategy, which was announced yesterday, has received a muted response from charities and other organizations ...

BBC News
There has been a muted response from charities and campaigners to the government's £1.6bn strategy to improve the lives of disabled people ...

The California Aggie
As the UC plans to fully re-open campuses in the fall, students with disabilities said they feel like the gains made during the pandemic in terms of accessibility are being undone ...

NPR
... people with disabilities — the largest minority group in the country — remain underrepresented in the workforce, particularly within the federal workforce ...

July 26, 2021

ABC News
Disability advocates and elected officials are calling on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to rethink its policies after a Paralympic gold medalist swimmer was denied a request to have a care assistant ...

Oak Ridger
A local organization is calling for the city of Oak Ridge to be more accessible to people who have mobility issues ...

CNBC
AccessiBe Chief Vision Officer Michael Hingson told CNBC on Monday there is significant need to make the internet more accessible for users ...

ACLU
... in 2015 that actress and singer Ali Stroker made history when she became the first person using a wheelchair to perform on a Broadway stage ...

ACLU
Though early childhood polio left me with a conspicuous disability, I didn’t even hear the word, “discrimination,” until I was in my twenties ...

July 19, 2021

World Health Organization
Over one billion people live with some form of disability and this number is growing ...

The New York Times
She fought for a more compassionate health care system, bringing an extensive knowledge of policy and even more extensive firsthand experience as a patient ...

2021 Disability Equality Index Top-Scoring Companies Announced
Southeast ADA Center
Disability:IN, the global organization driving disability inclusion and equality in business ... today released the 2021 Disability Equality Index® (DEI) ...

American Theatre
The Ford Foundation, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and United States Artists, will present the Disability Futures Virtual Festival ...

Forbes
... it is important to think about the notion that the lived experience of disability has a direct connection to many of the business trends of the day ...

July 12, 2021

Team USA
I play a sport called Goalball. Many, even the most avid fans of Team USA, will have never heard of goalball ...

The ����ԭ�� Post
With bright blue eyes and a head full of blond ringlets, 5-year-old Camille elicits the attention of strangers on a regular basis ...

MSNBC
... Pretty much no one looks forward to airline travel. But if you're a wheelchair user, flying isn't just an inconvenience; it can be devastating ...

StarTribune
... Halford is among thousands of Minnesotans who have been paid less than the minimum wage solely because they have a disability ...

KRON 4
Disability. It’s been called the silent “D” in diversity ...

July 5, 2021

CBS News
The coronavirus pandemic changed how the United States and countries around the world celebrate Pride month ...

USA Today
... Although Disability Pride Day isn't nationally recognized, parades are held in a number of places nationwide, such as Los Angeles, New York City ...

Stanford Social Innovation Review
COVID-19 has laid bare what the disability community has been telling us all along: current systems have failed people with disabilities because they were not created with disabled people in mind ...

UN Women
This checklist is intended to guide a wide range of States ... on pandemic response and recovery efforts on how to prevent and respond to GBV against women, girls, and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities ...

The New York Times
My daughter, Lauren, turned 40 last month. She is happy and healthy. And that is nothing short of a miracle ...

June 28, 2021

Disability Scoop
The Hollywood studio behind “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “One Night in Miami…” and “Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm” is committing to put more people with disabilities on screen ...

Happiful
From answering ‘awkward’ questions to encouraging curiosity and kindness, we explore how to approach conversations with children ...

150 Years of Women at Berkeley
2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the admission of women to the University of California, as well as the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 ...

WLNS
A West Michigan mom is rewriting the rules when it comes to the state’s organ donation process, inspiring legislation banning discrimination based on disability ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer
I won’t oppose making these outdoor spaces permanent—but only if you can get a wheelchair through on any given night ...

June 21, 2021

The Guardian
Roy has been travelling across the country – Covid permitting – for the past six months, photographing people with the 21 disabilities officially recognised in India ...

Forbes
Organizations are strongly encouraged to explicitly demonstrate their efforts towards disability inclusion right from the very outset of the recruitment ...

International Paralympic Committee
Rapper George Doman was part of group that helped ‘Rising Phoenix’ land a Sports Emmy award ...

SMA News Today
I wanted to enjoy the disabled representation ...

June 14, 2021

Spectrum News
An Ohio teen addressed legislators at the Ohio Statehouse on an amendment to a bill addressing services to those with disabilities ...

JD Supra
This Tip of the Week offers key understandings ... about how disability laws ... protect rights and set limitations with respect to students ...

USA Today
Most experts and advocates vehemently oppose the term "special needs," and believe we need to eliminate it from our vernacular ...

BBC
People with learning disabilities are still dying 25 years earlier than the rest of the population, a report has said ...

Disability Scoop
A new push is underway to help more people with disabilities get vaccinated against COVID-19 ...

June 7, 2021

Roll Call
With historic buildings and slow adoption of technology, Congress still has a long way to go to make itself accessible not just in the physical space but also online ...

Forbes
There seems to be a wide gap between how we talk about “The Disability Community,” and the number of disabled people who actually feel like a part of it ...

Forbes
... KKR made a $55 million investment this week in Essential Accessibility, a Toronto-based software provider that helps other companies ensure that their digital offerings are accessible and usable for people with disabilities ...

WFMY News
... Ansyln Wright suffers from a form of muscular dystrophy and lives by the motto, "trust the process" ...

May 31, 2021

Iowa Public Radio
Disability Rights Iowa (DRI) provides advocacy and legal assistance to people with disabilities. In an effort to reach all of Iowa's populations, they have ...

Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19
Nature.com
They inform much health policy — from cancer screening and treatment to attempts to eradicate tuberculosis. Called DALYs and QALYs (disability- ...

Syracuse University News
It will enable students to develop their oral advocacy skills while simultaneously navigating a challenging important area of disability law,” says Professor ...

NPR
Emily Kwong speaks to disabled scientist Krystal Vasquez on how her disability changed her relationship to science, how scientific research can ...

May 24, 2021

Disability
The chief executives of Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Sony and hundreds of other international organizations are committing to advance disability...

Forbes
Disability activism is empowering. For some disabled people who get involved, it opens up avenues for friendship and “chosen family” among other ...

Montclair Local
����ԭ�� 100 people marched from Heningburg Field to Rand Park on Sunday as part of Montclair's first annual Disability Pride parade. Organized by the ...

PRNewswire
The podcasts feature interviews with leading voices in the disability, community development and financial communities who share their insights on ...

Disability Scoop
States are being given wide latitude to spend an extra $12.67 billion for Medicaid home and community-based services on everything from getting people...

May 17, 2021

BenefitsPro
There has been progress, they say, but disabled workers—many of whom have no outward sign of disability—can still feel overlooked or undervalued ...

AP News
He likes to play video games and watch sports on television, especially hockey and mixed martial arts. He likes a good laugh and enjoys his mom’s cooking, especially...

YES! Magazine
It might seem surprising to many that plastics have provided a measure of freedom for many disabled individuals. During the “great plastic straw....

TravelPulse
Traveling abroad with a disability is not impossible; it simply presents challenges that, when combined with the knowledge of a seasoned travel ...

May 10, 2021

BenefitsPro
Short-term disability insurance is usually offered through the workplace and pays benefits when someone is unable to work for several weeks or months ...

Minnesota Daily
Beginning in fall 2021, the Critical Studies Disability Collective will host the project that examines disability through the lenses of race, disposability and ...

Healthline
We live in a society that presumes disability is intrinsically tragic. In reality, for me and many others, being disabled actually comes with many beautiful ...

BBC News
I was beaten up and threatened, unlike my siblings, without disability, who were treated with respect." Aged seven, Ebere was sexually assaulted by a ...

Disability Scoop
Technology-giant Microsoft is promising big steps in the coming years to make its products and workplace even more accessible and inclusive to people with disabilities.

May 3, 2021

Forbes
The overarching goal of Microsoft's plan is to bridge the “disability divide”—essentially, existing barriers—which are part of systemic ableism—that ...

MarketWatch
Liu, who was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age 2, became skilled at disguising her disability by lip reading and relying on technology to ...

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Karla: If a prospective employer thinks your skills are a fit for the job, and your disability doesn't interfere with your performance — which it shouldn't do ...

Forbes
DeVido authentically portrays Sage, as an actress, comedian, singer and writer with a disability and has previous credits on NBCUniversal's Law ...

Morning Brew
Deodorant brand Degree is rolling out (heh) a product that’s sure to shake up the deodorant category. What is it? “The world’s first inclusive deodorant for people with visual impairment and upper limb...

April 26, 2021

Forbes
It's about what disability is, and what disabled people want –– and don't want. And as arguments, they are also responses to implied counter-arguments ...

World Health Organization
Childhood disability is not a priority in health systems. A recently published article in the BMJ by Cieza and colleagues argues why this needs to ...

WPVI-TV
An overlooked chapter in the history of the disability rights movement takes center stage at the Oscars on ABC this Sunday. Two producer-directors ...

Center For American Progress
This is because it views disability as being a core component of identity, much like race and gender. Some members of the community, such as people ...

International Policy Digest
However, these practices are often routine regarding the treatment of persons with disabilities. Disability Rights International (DRI) has documented ...

April 19, 2021

Forbes
Listening to disability awareness seminars instead of disabled people. Articles and training on disability issues and etiquette are certainly valuable. They ...

WFSU
Olivia Babis you're with Disability Rights Florida. Let's begin with how the bill defines disability. It says disability is any disease, ...

U.S. News & World Report
People who are ill and unable to work long after a positive test for COVID-19 could help overhaul the delivery of disability benefits in the U.S.

TIME
Gaylon Tootle, a Black and blind disability advocate in Augusta, Ga., has been fighting to make it easier for people in his state to vote for years.

southseattleemerald.com
As many students receiving special education services in what Seattle Public Schools (SPS) calls “intensive pathways” returned to in-person learning in early April, some local educators find themselves questioning...

April 12, 2021

pharmaphorum
They tend to be portrayed as struggling with their disability, rather than dealing with all the same highs and lows of life as everyone else. “There are ...

weisradio.com
(NEW YORK) — The rates of disability among U.S. children are increasing, with the highest rate of disability among Native American children, ...

The Conversation CA
He is now an assistant professor in Disability Studies at King's University College at Western University in London, Ont. He uses an electric wheelchair ...

Toledo Blade
Disability rights advocates on Tuesday asked Toledo City Council to adopt a disability-justice framework for city leaders to use whenever they develop ...

Los Angeles Times
Chefs and cooks in the disability community share recipes for accessibility. Chef Regina Mitchell stands at the stove stirring a vegetable dish with her ...

Teen Vogue
In this op-ed, Haley Moss, a lawyer, explores Britney Spears's conservatorship, and why it's a disability rights issue ...

April 5, 2021

Public Radio Tulsa
Stephanie Thomas, founder of the disability fashion website Cur8able, understands the frustration that Lewis and his husband have with Nike's ...

The New York Times
Shunned in school because of her disability, she devoted her life to the cause, organizing a historic sit-in that led to landmark federal legislation.

Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Intersection of Disability and Climate Change. Master's student David Liebmann works to build awareness of the elevated threat level of climate ...

Spectrum News
What You Need To Know. Senate Bill 7 would require disabled voters to show proof they are living with a disability to request an absentee ballot. The ...

Forbes
House of Lords in November 2015, is keen to see better outcomes for a population segment for which the disability employment gap currently stands at ...

March 29, 2021

American Theatre
Disability rights, disability justice, disability theatre, aesthetics, accessibility, segregation, and inclusion—these are some of the terms and concepts that ...

American Theatre
What Disability Leadership Looks Like. The theatre field is white-dominated, and disabled and D/deaf companies would seem to be no exception— ...

WKAR
Breannah Alexander Oppenhuizen is with the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition. She said little has been done at the state level to ensure prompt ...

American Theatre
Practicing Disability Justice, Honoring Wholeness Onstage. How disabled performing artists are challenging ableism, building access, and imagining ...

American Theatre
Disability is everywhere around us, but most of us who are temporarily non-disabled find it all too easy to ignore, partly through the ableist systems and ...

BikePortland.org
At its public hearing last month, lawmakers heard strong support from nonprofit Disability Rights Oregon. “Persons with disabilities will bring to light ...

March 22, 2021

The Globe
March 9 marked Disability Services Day in St. Paul, an annual opportunity for disability service providers around the state to advocate for the needs of their clients...

Deutsche Welle
But this month the European Union adopted a new disability strategy — which calls for the end of the workshops. The Berlin Workshop for People with ...

District 5 Candidate Releases Disability Justice Plan
TAPinto.net
New York, NY—Over 1 million New York City residents have a disability, and one New Yorker who is running for a City Council seat in District 5 and is ...

March 15, 2021

PRNewswire
Easterseals Ambassador Stephanie Thomas, a disability fashion stylist and creative director in Los Angeles, is leading an initiative to change how...

Forbes
I am an organizational psychologist specializing in neurodiversity. Una Fonte, a disability and feminism advocate stands in the sunlight, smiling.

Los Angeles Times
Many disability advocates share Weishaupt's uneasiness. The pandemic threatens to strike Social Security's disability program and its beneficiaries in ...

KX NEWS
Sammantha says because her daughter doesn't have an intellectual disability, she's not eligible for certain developmental disability services that ...

March 8, 2021

Forbes
What is the shape of disability activism? There is a lot of natural variation in the large and diverse disabled population, and many different opinions ...

HR Dive
Persons with a disability were more likely to work in service occupations and occupations involving production, transportation and material moving in ...

The Nation
On March 1 every year, disability communities gather to mourn disabled people murdered by their caregivers. The first vigil was held in 2012, outside ...

The Guardian
Cerebral palsy made my body a country of error and pain. It took me years to accept the part of me that craves intimacy.

March 1, 2021

Forbes
This should certainly include identifying and ending use of universally offensive disability slurs, like the word “retarded.” Few would seriously argue ...

NPR
Disability advocates and lawmakers are calling on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to study the issue, update their policies and offer guidance ...

9News.com KUSA
Not a physical disability. "Ultimately, starting the conversation with our law enforcement that approaching somebody with an invisible disability has to be ...

Lansing State Journal
Laura Hall has done what she can to limit her exposure to the coronavirus. She rarely goes out, gets groceries delivered to her Okemos home, winnowed her close contacts to a small...

The CT Mirror
Ned Lamont's age-based vaccine distribution plan, Disability Rights Connecticut has filed a complaint with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights against the ...

Columbia Daily Tribune
Over two decades ago, Kasey Kittell opened Sara Hart Weir’s eyes to a population of people who are often overlooked. Kittell was born with Down syndrome, a condition in...

February 22, 2021

Forbes
Most disability organizations provide at least some personal and material assistance directly to disabled people and their families. For some, direct ...

Center For American Progress
In 2018, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Disability Justice Initiative and the Women's Initiative at the Center for American Progress developed ...

Center For American Progress
This guide is part of the Center for American Progress’ “Courageous Conversations” work, designed to bring together reproductive justice and disability justice advocates to...

AP News
Though many people with disabilities are more vulnerable to COVID-19, in some U.S. states they're being left behind in a massive effort to get limited vaccines into...

SC Student Media
Before there were building codes, laws, and state legislation, it was not easy for people with a disability (PWD), or a person who uses a wheelchair to ...

Duke Chronicle
Members of the Duke Disability Alliance began developing plans for the Center in 2017, wrote senior Maddie Fowler, DDA's former co-president and a ...

The Guardian
Six out of 10 people who died from Covid until November last year had a disability, with disabled adults aged 18-34 dying at 30 times the rate of the ...

February 15, 2021

WBTV
Disability claimants who have their cases denied and have to go through the appeals process often have no idea when their case will finally be heard.

Forbes
It is naive to think that long-standing, long before the pandemic, ableist biases and negative attitudes towards disability amongst medical practitioners ...

Employee Benefit News
Growing up in a family where everyone has a disability was a normal part of life for Tova Sherman, CEO of Reachability, an organization that provides ...

The Conversation AU
Their disability arises not from their impairments but from having to live in world designed by people who think everyone is the same. It is society, not the ...

American Medical Association
Prioritizing Equity: COVID-19 & Disability. In this week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, join health justice leaders and advocates as they ...

February 8, 2021

CBS News
Snipe, who is Deaf, is set to perform the national anthem and "America the Beautiful" in American Sign Language (ASL) during the event's pregame, the...

NPR
... have debilitating symptoms many months later. As scientists try to understand, advocates are trying to figure out if they qualify for disability benefits.

LAist
Disability rights advocates in California are voicing their concerns about the state's decision last week to move to an age-based priority system for the ...

Harvard Gazette
“That physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability wasn't surprising,” said Lisa I. Iezzoni, lead author of the paper and a health care ...