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    Barriers to Accessible Healthcare and Ways to Overcome Them

    Access to healthcare is vital for all, and certainly no less so for persons with a disability. However, a number...

    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    41,000 Individuals with Disabilities Receive Student Loan Forgiveness, 190,000 Receive Income Verification Waiver

    Individuals with disabilities that have student debt may be in luck. On March 29, 2021, due to the COVID-19...
    Education 2 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

    A Third Through 2021, Here Are the Developments in Disability Law and Regulation to Watch

    It is perhaps fitting that having recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1990 passage of the Americans...
    Legal 3 min read

    How Your Organization Can Support the Blind Community with Be My Eyes

    You may know Be My Eyes as the largest online blind community with one of the strongest volunteer networks in the...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    An Interpretation of the Heart and Spirit of Section 504

    "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States," Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act...
    Education 3 min read

    What is Ableism and How Can You Be Anti-Ableist?

    Ableism is perhaps the single most important disability-related keyword that exists besides the term "disability"...
    Research and Stats 5 min read

    Have We Seen a Pandemic Silver Lining for People with Disabilities?

    We wrote last year that the global pandemic could prove to have a silver lining for people with disabilities for...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    Is AI Actually Tripling Employment for People with Disabilities?

    According to Gartner’s Top Strategic Predictions for 2020 and Beyond published in late-2019, using artificial...
    Digital Accessibility 2 min read

    Forget Awareness — Let's Make April Autism Acceptance Month

    As April comes, so does Autism Awareness Month, which many autistic people dread. While many well-intentioned,...
    Research and Stats 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...

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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...
    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

    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

    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 —...
    Research and Stats 8 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

    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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