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    Are Standing Desks Required as a Reasonable Accommodation?

    The number of employees requesting standing desks at work is growing exponentially. With medical experts warning...

    Legal 4 min read

    Small Business, Big Tech: Funding Assistive Technology in the Workplace

    Assistive technology is essential for many people with disabilities, and businesses with more than 15 employees...
    Technology and Innovation 2 min read

    Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: What a Rare Neurological Condition Can Teach Us about Customer Service and Employment

    Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC for short) is a neurological condition in which a person’s brain is missing —...
    Employment 4 min read

    Addressing the Tremendous Diversity within the Disability Community

    Racial and ethnic minority communities are expanding at a much greater rate than the existing majority of white...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Best Practices and Considerations for Prescription Label Accessibility

    Having full confidence that you're taking the right dosage of the right medication shouldn't be a privilege....
    Research and Stats 3 min read

    Considerations for Supporting and Accommodating Invisible Disabilities

    Invisible disabilities are just that: disabilities that people may not easily perceive by looking at or...
    Employment 3 min read

    Silver (WCAG 3.0) First Public Working Draft released.

    February 26, 2021, is the deadline to submit comments. The first peek at the long-awaited World Wide Web...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    6 Quick Accessibility Design Considerations to Bake Right In

    A primary goal of accessibility, and universal design more broadly, is to offer an equivalent experience to as...
    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    Securing Accessibility and Disability Grants for Businesses and Nonprofits to Help Fund Accessibility Initiatives

    All organizations face financial resource pressures at different times. Today’s challenges in particular make it...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Cybersecurity Internships for Neurodiverse Individuals at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

    Adults on the autism spectrum are too-often un- or underemployed. A new hiring initiative from the National...
    Research and Stats 3 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...
    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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