…it rarely touches on the intersection between race and disability in school discipline. It does not prohibit the use of police in schools, although it does warn that their behavior…
…Specified (NOS) only supported this diagnosis further, in his estimation. He moved on to discuss psychosis and catatonia, speaking generally about the conditions. Specifically, he stated that although a psychotic…
…open on the desk, with jagged bits of paper in the middle where the torn page hadn’t come out evenly. Kelsey slammed the notepad shut and dropped it back into…
…employer would willingly pay full wages for disabled workers. However, many 14(c) workers are productive enough to form part of the supply chain in for-profit enterprises.3,4 Like their nondisabled peers,…
…number actually worked well… It made us friendly and more approachable than a large group would be… We just stood there, quietly talking amongst ourselves and holding our signs out,…
…Advocacy Network, ASAN, is against physician-assisted suicide and specifically, H 1998. We believe that both the practice and the bill discriminates heavily against those with physical and developmental disabilities. In…
…better” for us–typically, upon graduation, it actually gets worse. This must change. The Loud Hands Project is a structured, multi-faceted response by the Autistic community to the systematic disenfranchisement, bullying,…
…that time. It has been nearly three years since the proposed rule’s last comment period ended, during which time these devices have still been in use on some of our…
…In many circles, it is assumed that autism is something relevant only to children and as a result legislation and policymaking has been focused mostly on early childhood. However, there…
…parents who believed strongly in the power of stories to shape impressionable little minds. They had only one TV, which they kept in their bedroom, and they usually left it…
