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    #MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy Highlights Neglect of People With Disabilities During the Pandemic

    Everyone is ready for the pandemic to end. People from all walks of life want nothing more than for COVID cases to...

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    Community College Lawsuit Highlights the Realities of Disparate Impact

    The Los Angeles Community College District requests an audience with the Supreme Court. The board of trustees for...
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    VA Turns to Automation to Speed Up Processing Time for Disability Claims

    Facing an unprecedented backlog of disability benefits claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has...
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    North Carolina Woman with Autism Sues Former Employer for Termination without Accommodation

    A North Carolina woman with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has filed suit against her former employer CastleBranch...
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    Amtrak Pays $2 Million to Passengers with Disabilities Following Lawsuit Settlement

    As stipulated by a settlement agreement reached in December of 2020, Amtrak has now distributed $2 million dollars...
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    National Eye Care Month: Advances in Eye Care Technologies

    January marks National Eye Care Month. It’s a time to celebrate the many advancements in optometrists’ practice...
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    ACLU Asks DOJ to Investigate Accommodations for Deaf Inmates

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada recently filed a complaint with the Department of Justice...
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    Barriers to Independent Living: Public Transportation

    Railways, buses, subways, and streetcars are linked by a long-regarded benchmark in society called public...
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    California Freezes Checks for 345,000 Disability Claims Amid Fraud Investigation

    In mid-December, the California Employment Development Department (EDD), which oversees unemployment and...
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    Safe Interactions Act Would Appropriate $100,000,000 for Disability Training for Law Enforcement Officers

    A new Act introduced in the House would appropriate $100,000,000 annually until 2025 to improve law enforcement...
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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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    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,...
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    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 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...
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    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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    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...
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    Lack of Accessibility Can Create Long Term Impact on People with Disabilities

    During the course of our lives, we all encounter challenges and hardships, sometimes severe. People with...
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    A Brief History of the Disability Rights Movement in America

    One in four American adults lives with a disability. People with disabilities constitute the largest minority...
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    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...
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    What is Intersectionality?

    In 2021 it is estimated that over 61 million Americans live with a disability. As the country continues to improve...
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