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    What Happens to Disability Benefits During Incarceration?

    Disability benefits for individuals with disabilities will be suspended as a result of a conviction of a crime...

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    Are Incarcerated Americans Covered by the ADA?

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that provides protections to qualified persons with...
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    What Are Adaptive Sports?

    Adaptive sports are recreational or competitive sports for persons with disabilities. Adaptive sports come in all...
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    How Innovation Is Changing How We Treat TBI

    The brain is a fascinating and complex organ continuously boggling neuroscience’s most brilliant minds. Of many...
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    Invest in Training to Improve How Your Organization Serves Customers with Disabilities

    Many customer-facing employees of public, city, or state-run organizations have, at one time or another,...
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    What Does Access to Justice Mean?

    When significant barriers stand in between a disadvantaged person and justice, can we reasonably argue that they...
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    What Are Accessible Library Materials?

    Libraries have long been pillars of their communities, providing resources and access to materials and...
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    Understanding Social, Medical, and Cultural Models to Improve Accessibility

    Recognizing the different perspectives of disability can help improve accessibility in all areas where differing...
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    Disability Laws in America: What You Need to Know

    Americans with disabilities account for 60 million people; however, our country hasn’t always looked out for this...
    Research and Stats 5 min read

    Why Are Persons with Disabilities 3 Times More Likely to Experience Sexual Assault?

    Sexual abuse is a silent but rampant phenomenon among people with disabilities. According to the US Department of...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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