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    Can Prohibitions on Indoor School Masking Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities

    The debate over student masking has at times reached feverish pitches in different parts of the country. It is an...

    Education 4 min read

    What Are Web Accessibility Overlays and Will They Protect Your Organization?

    It is not surprising that many businesses today are looking for effective and efficient ways to avoid claims and...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Current Legal Trends in Digital Accessibility Lawsuits

    Litigation over web accessibility shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, such lawsuits filed thus far in 2021 add...
    Research and Stats 5 min read

    Examining the Past, Present, and Future of Assistive Technology

    In today’s world, assistive technology is a catch-all term describing a broad category of original, modified, or...
    Technology and Innovation 5 min read

    Defining Undue Hardship in Reasonable Accommodation Requests

    Hiring managers are frequently faced with the challenge of determining whether a requested or contemplated...
    Employment 4 min read

    Project Civic Access – 2021 Department of Justice Update

    Project Civic Access (“PCA”) is an initiative commenced by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in 1999. The...
    Research and Stats 3 min read

    Disability Disclosure: Employer and Employee Perspective

    An inclusive workplace has been described in many different ways (HUD has attempted to define it) but common to...
    Employment 4 min read

    What is an ADA Compliant Job Posting?

    For many employers, job descriptions are developed for one paramount purpose – to be used in job advertisements,...
    Employment 4 min read

    Remote Work and Accessibility: What Employers Need to Know

    There is no doubt that remote work is here to stay. To what extent and in what form, however, are open questions....
    Employment 5 min read

    The Biden Administration: An Overview of Disability Initiatives

    On July 26, 2021, President Biden celebrated the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the...
    Government 5 min read
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    Do All Deaf People Use Sign Language?

    When you encounter someone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, your first instinct may be to use your hands to communicate. Maybe you’re fluent in...

    Research and Stats 2 min read

    What Are Accessible Fonts?

    With text making up so much of the digital content that we consume, keeping it accessible is a crucial step in...
    Technology and Innovation 3 min read

    Accessibility Rules of Dressing, Fitting or Locker Rooms

    One simple way clothing stores, mall outlets, gyms and fitness boutiques can build loyalty with the one in four...
    Physical Accessibility 3 min read

    Do Small Businesses with Fewer Than 15 Employees Have to Be ADA Compliant?

    One in four U.S. adults – or 61 million Americans – has a disability. Each one of those is a potential employee,...
    Legal 3 min read

    ADA Requirements for Sales and Service Counters

    If your business requires a sales or service counter, it’s important to ensure the counter meets a set of...
    Physical Accessibility 2 min read

    The Verdict: Can Plaintiffs Make Money from ADA Lawsuits?

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against people...
    Legal 3 min read

    Autism Representation in the Media — And How It Impacts Real Life

    In the past few years, autism has been in the media more than it ever has before. This is a very positive change —...
    Research and Stats 8 min read

    The History and Evolution of Disability Models

    A few decades ago, people who were diagnosed with a disability were pigeonholed into a category and often set on a...
    Research and Stats 5 min read

    Accommodating Employees with Fragrance Sensitivities

    An estimated 32.2 percent of the population experiences negative health effects from exposure to scented products....
    Employment 3 min read

    Examples of Autism Masking

    A while after I wrote my article about autism and masking, I was asked to pen the sequel you’re reading. It's...
    Research and Stats 3 min read