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All posts tagged "disabilities"
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1.8KNews‘Universal design’ builds in accessibility for disabled people on the front end
Universal design views everyone’s needs for access as equally important, regardless of their limitations.
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1.1KNewsFamilies worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Some states have already stopped payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
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3.2KNewsDisabled students at higher risks for arrests, dropping out and being unready for adulthood
Youth with disabilities are at least two-thirds of those in the juvenile justice system.
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2.7KNewsParents struggle to find specialized dental care for children with disabilities
Since many general dentists don’t treat children with disabilities, that means millions of parents may find it challenging to find a dentist...
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3.5KNews‘Hiding in Plain Sight’: Film probes youth mental illness
Several youth and young adults discuss mental health in this clip from the PBS documentary, “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.”...
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3.0KNewsNew online-only SAT puts students with disabilities at new disadvantage, advocates say
Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...
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2.0KNewsFor fledgling adults with disabilities, paperwork sometimes disrupts SSI payments
Each month, more than a million low-income U.S. children with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income that helps them and their families cover...
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3.9KNewsSome parents of schoolkids with Down syndrome, with their higher risks of COVID-19 harms, are relieved by vaccinations
Most American families with school children have yet to embrace the new, lower-dose COVID shot for kids, with the Kaiser Family Foundation...
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3.7KNewsAdvocates: Pandemic proves that employers can make in-person and remote accommodations for disabled workers
While the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in February 2021 one in four U.S. workers was working remotely — many...
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2.7KNewsSome disabled students and their parents want remote learning to be a permanent option
Some advocates of students with disabilities are hoping lawmakers and educators will do more to ensure that remote learning is a more...
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3.3KNewsCongress mulls ending federal program that OKs sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities
After graduating from a Massachusetts technical high school, John Anton took a job in a sheltered workshop north of Boston where he...
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4.5KNewsRoommate-matching services expand housing options for people with disabilities
Growing up autistic, Meghan McCarthy found it hard to make friends. By age 24, still living with parents whom she dearly loved,...
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3.5KNewsUnrecognized by Alexa and Siri, impaired speech is being used to develop new speech-assistance software
Google’s Project Euphonia has been testing a prototype that, by mid-June, employed the voices of roughly 1,000 disabled individuals, including Cisek, who...
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3.1KNewsYouth with intellectual disabilities are likelier to be overweight; researchers are trying to change that
Among 10- through 17-year-olds, for example, 20% of those with disabilities but 15% of the non-disabled were obese, according to one federal...
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2.0KNewsSome pandemic-prompted patio dining has blocked disability access
Across the country, many local governments threw a lifeline to struggling restaurants and bars by expanding rules on outdoor dining as COVID-19...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayLearning Disabled Students Need Better Protections and Supports as Schools Reopen
INSTA-PHOTOS/SHUTTERSTOCK Learners whom I prefer to call exceptional, rather than disabled, get teased more often than many of us care to acknowledge....
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2.2KNewsGeorgia Establishing New Therapeutic Foster Care Program
ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental...
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5.7KNewsThese clinics specialize in gynecologic care for women with disabilities
Izzie Bullock — whose severe form of cerebral palsy prevents her from controlling her arms, legs and body — had her first...
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3.8KNewsBiden’s Caregiver Pay-Raise Plan Aims to Stem Worker Turnover
Having caregivers come and go is a problem for many disabled people. Recognizing that,the Biden Administration has proposed a $400 billion infusion...
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3.2KNewsDisabilities Advocates Cite Unequal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine, Ponder Remedies
Alex Hanson, 20, has cerebral palsy, a breathing tube, two feeding tubes and round-the-clock nursing care. More than a month into her...
