Disability advocates: Website lawsuits don’t create lasting change

Judith Pelaez, according to a dozen lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Hammond, had access to none of it because the websites selling the wares ...
Forbes

7 Things Disabled People Have To Think About Every Day

Having a disability is tiring. Every day you have to plan for things that other people just don’t have to. Yet, most "disability awareness" content, for Disability Pride Month and other occasions, ...

Miami-Dade, Coral Gables crack down on fraudulent disability permits. What to know

Coral Gables’ parking department is joining forces with Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez on the hunt for ...

Getting disability benefits got harder after the Social Security Administration’s staff was slashed and program rules were changed by Trump

A rapid series of administrative, staffing and policy changes the Social Security Administration underwent early on in the ...

Disability topics focus of Prince George’s County Council candidates ‘meet and greet’

Veronica Davila Steele said Prince George’s County residents with disabilities are rarely seen, heard or acknowledged. As ...
valuepenguin

Car Insurance for Disabled Drivers and Passengers

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it illegal for insurance companies to charge drivers higher car insurance rates solely based on their disability. However, disabled drivers and ...

How an app is growing social connections for people with disability and caregivers

Almost 1 in 3 Australians experiences loneliness. For people with disability and care workers, that number can be even ...
Healthline

Can You Get Disability Benefits for Back Pain?

Disability benefits are available for people with certain types of disabling back pain and their dependents. To qualify, you’ll need supporting evidence like medical records and test results. Share on ...
Forbes

We Need To Rethink The Penalties And Rewards Of Identifying As “Disabled”

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. The CDC estimates that 61 million American adults have some ...
NPR

How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...
CBS News

"Disabled" is often seen as a bad word. People with disabilities are working to flip the script.

Disabled isn't a bad word. That's the message writer Melissa Blake wants to send this Disability Pride Month as she advocates to change people's misconceptions about people with disabilities. "So ...
Time

I'm a Disabled Woman. Is That My Brand?

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