Disability is a fact of life; it is not rare or marginal. One in four adults in the United States has a disability. That means a significant number of students on campus navigate their days as people ...
The archdiocesan Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate will offer sessions this March training parishioners to welcome those on the margins to the sacraments and parish life ...
It’s not a position you’ll find at most organizations – Executive Director of Accessibility – but it’s one that GBH’s Donna Danielewski relishes. Over nearly two decades at GBH, she’s helped continue ...
Disability advocacy isn’t just about accessibility — it’s about dignity, autonomy and the fundamental right to live fully. As the first person of color to chair the board of the Center for Independent ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 11—Pam Parfitt has worn hearing aids for nearly 50 years, beginning when she was in her 30s. "Not All Disabilities Are ...
A MARCH IS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. IT’S A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE ADVERSITIES, TALENTS AND LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND JOINING ME THIS MORNING IS ARC OF PALM BEACH ...
The month of July is recognized as Disability Pride Month in the United States. On July 13, the first Disability Pride Parade held in New Mexico was organized in Santa Fe by Disability Pride New ...
MoFo’s Disability Affinity Network recently hosted a fireside chat in its Boston office, moderated by partner and co-chair of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice Joe Palmore, with Judge ...
The hearing on $150 million in proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration was mostly dry, until ...
To whom does desire belong? How about love and care? These are the questions at the heart of “Disability Intimacy,” a new book of essays and ephemera collected by the San Francisco activist Alice Wong ...
Britney Spears said she was forced to have an IUD. Lawyers for her dad say she can make her own medical decisions. It sparked an important conversation. Britney Spears said many things when she ...
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...