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The weakened prime minister urgently needs to get out and talk to his MPs before any more embarrassing arguments blow up.
The New York Retirement and Disability Research Center was one of six centers focused on the ways Social Security benefits could be more equitably applied across America’s socioeconomic spectrum. The ...
A new bill in Congress aims to end a longstanding disparity that limits long-term disability coverage for mental health and ...
Foundational Concepts: Ableism, Models of Disability, and Intersectionality — In this course, participants will explore the implications of different disability models on educational practices, ...
Rural communities are being asked to absorb reduced funding and limited flexibility in the NDIS. These changes risk widening ...
Disability Laws and Acts by Country/Area Disability laws and acts are instruments through which countries abolish discrimination against persons with disabilities and eliminate barriers towards ...
International Disability Rights Monitor, ‘Regional Report of Asia’, 2005 Of the total population of persons with disabilities, 57.12% are employed, compared to 82.3% of the general population.
Depression may become so severe that you can no longer go to work. Depression is considered a psychiatric disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s a significant mood ...
Co-founded by model and disability advocate Jessica Frew and designer Mari Anderson, the company is driven by one simple belief: no one should have to choose between function and fashion.
The voyage of my life could never be described as ‘easy’, writes Penny Pepper, but it has been built around friendships that brought illumination in the toughest of times Penny Pepper The social model ...
This week, we spoke with Richard Amm, a member of the Disability Action Resource Kollective, or DARK, which they describe as a disabled-led group working to make disability perspectives, history, and ...
This paper examines cross-lingual and cross-cultural variations in disability discourse on social media, specifically on X (formerly Twitter). Despite the growing presence of disability-related ...