To coincide with the ‘teachers’ theme of my most recent newsletter I thought it apropos to write a post regarding accommodations for students with mental health issues in a post-secondary setting.

The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and ...

Most employees accept the importance of making accommodations for people with physical disabilities, but don’t realize the importance of doing the same for people having mental health or substance ...

Jeffrey A. Buck ([email protected]) lives in Annapolis, Maryland. He is the former senior advisor for behavioral health, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Mentally ill hurricane evacuees were often discriminated against during relief efforts last year, to the point of being banished from shelters or institutionalized against their will, a government ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...