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    Career and Technical Education for Students with Disabilities

    With many disabled people worldwide unemployed or underemployed it begs the question: what career and technical...

    Education 2 min read

    Students That Are Hard of Hearing in The Classroom

    Severe hearing loss and deafness are typically diagnosed before students are school-aged if the cause is...
    Education 3 min read

    What are Involuntary Commitment Laws and the Baker Act?

    Involuntary commitment laws are laws that allow a person to receive inpatient care in a psychiatric hospital,...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Barriers to Independent Living: Chronic Pain

    Millions of people worldwide experience some type of chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as persistent pain that...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Using Advocacy to Remove Barriers to Independent Living: Employment

    Though the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) just celebrated its 30th anniversary, people with disabilities...
    Employment 3 min read

    Maayan Ziv and Disability Leadership

    Maayan Ziv is an artist, an acclaimed disability advocate, and the founder of a tech company, AccessNow, working...
    Research and Stats 3 min read

    How Adaptive Recreation Programming Can Improve Independent Living for Persons with Disabilities

    Independent living is defined as “the opportunity to be self-determined in matters such as living arrangements,...
    Independent Living 2 min read

    What are Rural School-Based Services Programs (RSBSP)?

    Schools across the United States develop Rural School-Based Services Programs (RSBSP) as a response to a lack of...
    Education 2 min read

    Intersectionality Series: The Identity-Affirming Power of HBO’s ‘We’re Here’

    The HBO Max reality show We’re Here heads into its third season later this year. With the first season cut short...
    TV Entertainment 4 min read

    The ‘Scream’ Franchise, Trauma, and Living with PTSD

    Do you like scary movies? Then you've likely seen the genre-redefining slasher Scream, the Wes Craven 1996...
    TV Entertainment 10 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...

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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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

    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 —...
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    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

    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

    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

    What is Crip Time?

    The term crip time is used by some disability theorists and advocates to describe disabled individuals’ unique...
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