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    Freelancing with a Disability: Will Potential Legislation Affect Your Business?

    Freelancing has become one of the nation’s most common and preferred ways to work. Freelancing affords people the...

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    Increasing Appointment of People with Disabilities to Administrative Positions Can Improve Accessibility

    Diversity and inclusion, in the corporate and government arenas, have become "hot" issues, as these worlds have...
    Employment 4 min read

    Are Employees with a Substance Use Disorder Protected by the ADA?

    In 2018, 20.3 million Americans over age 12 had a substance use disorder (SUD), according to the National Center...
    Legal 5 min read

    Improving Accessibility in Open Office Spaces

    Over the last two decades, the conventional closed-office settings have gradually been replaced in favor of more...
    Employment 3 min read

    When Career Websites Aren't Accessible, Everyone Loses

    You may have read articles in the past that detail the consistently lower levels of gainful employment held by...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    Accommodations for Commuting to Work and Driving Jobs

    If a work schedule or work location becomes a barrier to an employee with a disability, their employer may be...
    Employment 2 min read

    Celebrating 2020 National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    October is the 75th National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In 1945, Congress declared that the first week...
    Employment 4 min read

    How Far Must Employers Go to Accommodate the Scheduling Needs of People with Disabilities?

    An employer must grant an altered work schedule for an employee with disabilities if "the essential functions of...
    Employment 2 min read

    Workers’ Compensation: What You Can and Can’t Ask Applicants and Employees

    When it comes to interviewing candidates, employers are going to seek to hire the person who is the best fit in...
    Employment 3 min read

    We Took the United Spinal Association ADA Corporate Challenge. Will You?

    In recognition of the advancements made in the 30 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
    Employment 1 min read
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    Manual wheelchair innovation knows no bounds, it seems. From SafariSeat, which is designed for people in developing countries, the innovative...

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    Introduction to Video Remote Interpreting and What Businesses Need to Know About It

    What is VRI? Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) is a video telecommunications service utilized through an external or...
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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...
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    Designing for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Website Visitors

    One of the great things about the accessibility community is the willingness to share and collaborate. We’re free...
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    The Air Carrier Access Act, a federal law, prevents airlines from refusing travel to individuals based solely on...
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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

    Why Hiring People with Disabilities Is Good for Business

    Several years ago, managers at Microsoft learned that the traditional process of hiring people with needed...
    Employment 3 min read

    10 Things Most People Get Wrong About Autism

    Autism is a disability that is often misunderstood. Real life autism is very different than the kind that people...
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    Tips for Destigmatizing Accommodations and Creating a Disability-Friendly Culture

    Based on data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), there were 24,238 charges filed for...
    Employment 3 min read

    President-Elect Biden Mentioning Disability in His Victory Speech Shouldn't Be a Big Deal, But It Is

    Just to be mentioned, named, explicitly by the word "disability" was enough to trigger an outpouring of response...
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