The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is investigating employers’ use of personality tests to screen job applicants as part of applications for employment and the broader hiring process. These tests may…
…care providers can take to avoid traumatic experiences for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities include sensory accessibility, slowing the pace of appointments, allowing children longer appointments, effective communication, using…
…to married couples, even though it was illegal. Estelle Griswold was arrested and fined $100 for prescribing birth control. She appealed her case. When you appeal a case, you ask…
By Ilise Feitshans Disability, if viewed appropriately as a universal facet of the human condition, is a cross cutting issue that unites all people: Everyone has a disability, everyone has…
…access to free tests the most do not have it. We appreciate the announcement that Medicare will cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests with no out of pocket costs. We urge…
…would especially like to highlight and applaud the updated guide on The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities. In this guide,…
…know how to approach us; worse, they didn’t really want to interact with us. So they boxed us, transformed us into puzzle pieces and called us “a mystery”. That may…
…if you’re hearing that the bill probably won’t pass, we can’t let our guard down. They still have 8 days left–who knows what they might try. We have to ramp…
…into consideration of approaches that support informed consent in people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate in research, such as supported decision making frameworks. Supported decision-making approaches can permit…
…All students deserve the right to a good education free of cruelty, harm, and fear. Kids with disabilities have the right to an education too. Sometimes though, bad things happen…
