LEARN’s disABILITY Summit, a day focused on sharing resources and building connections among families, youths and adults with disabilities, educators, and professionals, will return to Mohegan Sun on ...
Yesterday, July 26, 2024, was the 34th anniversary of the day the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed. The ADA is still the biggest single policy victory in history for disabled Americans. But ...
April is Autism Acceptance Month. It’s a good time to rethink not only how non-autistic or “neurotypical” people can best support autistic people –– but also how non-disabled people in general can do ...
I've learned more about disability rights, culture, and disparities affecting the disabled community from teenagers and Twitter than I ever did in medical school. I'm a physician. I have several ...
Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...
As the international symbol for accessibility, a stick figure using a wheelchair has become nearly synonymous with the way our society conceptualizes disability. However, the disabled identity ...
Although October is technically National Disability Employment Awareness month, it's commonly referred to as Disability Awareness Month. With that, the Digital Accessibility Office is utilizing this ...
More than 800 American Canyon Middle School students filed into the community center last week to learn a little bit about what it's like to be disabled. Allison Ingvoldstad, of the Multiple Sclerosis ...
This guest column was written by Lesley Davis. There is a certain shock value when I tell people about my encounter with Guillain-Barre Syndrome eight years ago: “One day I was fine, and the next day ...
I only recently learned that July is Disability Pride Month. Although not yet officially recognized in the United States, since 2004 Disability Pride Month has been celebrated with parades in cities ...
For the first time in India, disability rights will be part of the MBBS curriculum. When medical colleges commence their new academic session, they will offer a one-month foundation course on ...
Christopher P. Roddy, 65, of 85 Mirra Drive, was charged May 12 with second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and first-degree intimidation due to bias. State police — Montville Robert ...