According to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), 22.7% of People with Disabilities (PWDs) are employed, compared to 65.6% of non-disabled people. As a result, PWDs are 2X more likely than non ...

THAT SHE’S LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING. WELL, THE PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A NEW PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH DISABLED PEOPLE. THE BLUE ENVELOPE PROGRAM GIVES PEOPLE A ...

British Airways has partnered with Hearlo to remove communication barriers in the air and on the ground for anyone facing ...

People with disabilities can face barriers that affect their standard of healthcare. Improving the healthcare experience for those with disabilities can help remove these barriers. For people with ...

Kelly Boyd, 45, remembers a trip to a Mercer County OB/GYN not for what the doctor did, but for what she said. “She asked me — twice — if I was a dwarf,” Boyd said. The doctor hadn’t read her chart, ...

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across Pennsylvania continue to encounter significant barriers to basic health care — from inaccessible ...

The following information was released by the Committee on Ways and Means: Current Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) policies often discourage work for ...

All through her 20s, Taylor Carty chased her dream of becoming a doctor. Carty, now 30, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was a baby, and was inspired by the many doctors and health care ...

Online communities are critical for young people with disabilities. Many disabled people rely on online spaces to get information on diagnoses and healthcare, navigate career options, and even find ...

Our new research reveals what must be done to make sure disabled people and their caregivers aren’t left behind by the green energy transition, write Harriet Sansom and Emily Cox from the Centre for ...