#Disability

I'm not aware of any such research. Our own research suggests a typical journey from onset of chronic illness to identifying as disabled that contains much ambiguity and ambivalence. Typical
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Unpopular opinion: Young disabled Americans born since the ADA have a very different perspective of accessibility than that of those of us that were there before the ADA and fighting
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A shortish thread on The Disability Paradox by @chrislynchfilm that was on BBC4 last night. With the excellent @samrenke as a contributor, it was a thought provoking very personal exploration
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My latest paper, Disability Without Documentation, is available on SSRN. It examines reasonable accommodations in the workplace, and how the interactive process requires medical documentation to prove disability. I argue
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Inclusive hiring is not giving disabled people jobs that are written for able-bodied individuals. #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledinSTEM I realize I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. Real inclusivity seeks out
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Why is it that disability advocacy orgs specifically are sometimes the actual, absolute WORST at supporting their own disabled employees? It shouldn't be the case that I've heard these horror
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The disability population will continue to grow exponentially from this crisis, in addition to the many other on-going crises of pollution, toxins, climate change; state and intimate violence; poverty, capitalism;
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Never feel u have 2 question ur own disability status 2 me. Im not the gatekeeper. I dont care abt where u r on the sliding scale of med conditions.
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Finding disabled actors "takes time, it's a very long casting search. You can absolutely do it; it just takes time and resources, neither of which we had. So it was
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Can we, as a community, please recognize that the social model of disability doesn't work for everyone? Some disabled people aren't disabled by their bodies.Some absolutely, 100% are. And there's
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Over the past month, the #disability community and politicians have been head-to-head discussing the expedited changes to #MAiD, but what exactly is happening? Why are people with disabilities so distressed
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This week's research burst is on #disabilityinclusion in #COVID-19 responses 1/7 Our partners at #PENDA, the Programme for Evidence to iNform Disability Action, have produced a set of excellent evidence
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Just took my daughter to the hospital because something’s not right. They said only 1 person can come in with her. I asked for my partner to join as an
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“Autistic” is not a bad word. It’s a neutral, descriptive term that is very much preferred by autistic people ourselves. Much like Deaf people and Blind people, the majority of
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Today I have been made aware of some incorrect information circulating regarding staffing of the Office of the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities (OAPD). 1/https://twitter.com/_AUPE_/status/1295788673842049024 2 staff from the OAPD
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My Opinion and Media @humberjournos class today featured a riveting conversation between @HuffPost editor @wendyluwrites and emerging journalist @HolmesyWrites to talk about best practice in covering disability issues. Some thoughts
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