It happens constantly: I meet a person for the first time, I’m in my wheelchair, we introduce ourselves, and then the first thing that person wants to talk about is the medical aspects of my ...
Over the course of this legislative session, Virginia lawmakers might have to plug a budget hole for services for people with ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Editor’s Note: While some communities prefer disability-first language (“disabled person”), others ...
Problem gamblers have an 89% risk for long-term work disability, a new study suggests. Women, older persons, and those with psychiatric comorbidities or a history of psychotropic medication use were ...
April is Autism Acceptance Month. It’s a good time to rethink not only how non-autistic or “neurotypical” people can best support autistic people –– but also how non-disabled people in general can do ...
"Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives — job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example… It is not a tragedy to me that I'm ...
Larysa Kautz said that both of her parents, in addition to being immigrants, had “invisible disabilities” that limited their workplace opportunities. “My dad probably would have been diagnosed with ...
According to the preliminary findings of a study on the cost of secondary conditions among women with physical disabilities (n=443), the majority (60 percent) reported problems with circulation. In a ...
As part of her research, Tessa Charlesworth challenged the longstanding assumption that implicit biases are so ingrained that they cannot be changed. Credit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Our ...