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Living with DisabilityHappy Walk Your Pet Month! Whether you're a dog parent or one of the rare cat parents able to leash your dear feline, let’s celebrate the outdoor bonding experience connecting humans to their loving p
Living with DisabilityAccording to analysis from the CDC , American adults with disabilities are more likely to view the COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective but are less likely to be vaccinated than adults without a di
Living with DisabilityWomen have a complex relationship with medical providers. For more than 4,000 years, women were diagnosed with conditions like hysteria and wandering wombs, which provided unscientific explanations to
Living with DisabilityIf you’ve ever wondered about the difference in types of service animals , our guide should help you figure things out. By law, a service animal is defined as a dog, and only dogs are covered under th
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Living with DisabilityAs researchers learn more about the nature of ASD and begin to identify previously overlooked signs and symptoms, increasingly more individuals find themselves falling on the spectrum of Autism. This
Living with DisabilitySome people feel uncomfortable when engaging with coworkers and acquaintances with disabilities. The discomfort comes from well-meaning individuals who want to be inclusive, which means they overcorre
Living with DisabilityThe term crip time is used by some disability theorists and advocates to describe disabled individuals’ unique relationship to time. Crip time indicates the complexity of disabled experience in a worl
Living with DisabilityKevin McDaniel speaks with Chad Allen, creator of the audio comic book Unseen , the story of a blind assassin living in a chaotic world in which she is invisible to society. Chad talks about how a con
Living with DisabilityAcross the country, countless students with disabilities are challenging university administrators to rethink accessibility. As they return to in-person learning after the pandemic or visit the campus
Living with DisabilityIn 2021 it is estimated that over 61 million Americans live with a disability . As the country continues to improve access for all citizens, the use of People-First Language has been widely adopted th
Living with DisabilityMasking is a social skill that persons with autism adopt in social settings in which non-autistic people expect non-autistic behavior. Examples include faking eye contact, mirroring, minimizing, and d
Living with DisabilityIn 2021 it is estimated that over 61 million Americans live with a disability . As the country continues to improve access for all citizens, the use of People-First Language has been widely adopted th
Living with DisabilityOften used to describe where an individual may be on the spectrum, the terms low-functioning and high-functioning require more understanding and consideration.
Living with DisabilityKevin McDaniel speaks with Alycia Anderson, founder of the Alycia Anderson Company, LLC and moderator for Accessibility.com's 2021 Global AccessibilityPlus Conference . Alycia opens up about her child
Living with DisabilityHow many people in the United States have a disability? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) , 61 million adults in the United States — or roughly one in four — live with
Living with DisabilitySocial anxiety is extremely common among autistic people. After a systematic analysis of 24 studies, researchers Debbie Spain and Francesca Happé found that autistic people experience social anxiety "
Living with DisabilityAccess to healthcare is vital for all, and certainly no less so for persons with a disability. However, a number of barriers exist that make it difficult for many people with disabilities to access mu
Living with DisabilityAbleism is perhaps the single most important disability-related keyword that exists besides the term "disability" itself. It represents one of the biggest obstacles that people with disabilities face,
Living with DisabilityWe wrote last year that the global pandemic could prove to have a silver lining for people with disabilities for two primary reasons. First, everyone on the planet has now experienced, to an extent, w
Living with Disability2020 brought unexpected challenges to the world, forcing businesses everywhere to hastily adapt to a world that wasn’t leaving the house. A handful of these changes came with side effects that directl
Living with DisabilityThere are an estimated one billion people in the world who experience disability in some form. That is 15% of the global population with a greater prevalence of disability appearing in developing nati
Living with DisabilityRacial and ethnic minority communities are expanding at a much greater rate than the existing majority of white Americans. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report estimating the results of t
