Editor’s Note: While some communities prefer disability-first language (“disabled person”), others prefer person-first language (person with disabilities). Terminology in this article is adapted to ...
Disability often framed as a ‘problem’ in medical school curriculum for doctors to diagnose, treat Negative ideas about disability have a direct, negative effect on workforce diversity in medicine ...
On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer ...
"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 ...
Disabled people don’t get to be superheroes. We often only get to be villains. In the larger cultural landscape, we view disability as punishment and cannot see or make sense of the full spectrum of ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Denise Brodey reports on inclusion, disability and healthcare. Is there a lack of disabled talent or is there a shortage of people ...
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 ...
People with disabilities are not a monolith. While activists have worked for years to draw attention to diversity within the disability community, particularly in the workplace, a new report from ...
Demonstrators holding a banner during the Non-March For Disabled Women inside Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y., on January 19, 2019. (Barbara Alper / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that ...
Disability access remains a problem in public spaces, and regardless of the strides we made during the pandemic, many of those accommodations were too quick to be eliminated. Having been a critic for ...
Working in media has always been an uphill battle for disabled writers, but an ever-shrinking industry gives “hard” a whole new meaning. Over the past decade, I thought I had finally figured out how ...