January 2021

01/27/21 Mental illness continues to be an under-priority on the global health agenda. Invented…

When Anna Landre (SFS '21) began her first full-time summer internship after her first year at Georgetown University, she was greeted with a fun and educational summer experience. Instead, she nearly lost the disabled services she could…

While filming the reality series "Deaf U," Rodney Burford didn't focus too much on the effect he and his cochlear implants would have on viewers. "In my own mind, I thought, 'Yo, I'm really on Netflix," said the 22-year-old performer on…

Texas is expected to receive billions of dollars in additional Medicaid money after a senior federal health official announced that the Biden government is expected to maintain the public health emergency reported for the pandemic through…

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress and incorporated into law on July 26, 1990. ADA provides civil rights protection to people with disabilities, similar to those granted to women and minorities. The law…

Malta has just welcomed its second disability commissioner, Samantha Pace Gasan, 27. Her vision is to revolutionize everyday infrastructure and education to make it more accessible for people with disabilities. "As Commissioner, my aim…

The following article was first published on the Shipman & Goodwin law firm's website in the Employment Law Letter section.In his early days in office, President Biden issued a wave of executive orders to protect workers amid the…

According to a mapping report on the employment of people with disabilities (2016), people with disabilities make up 12.4% of Uganda's population. Although the Disabled People Act addresses the issue of access to physical structures and…

AKRON, Ohio - The pandemic didn't stop the laughs.And the lessons for life.Northeast Ohio-based group Stand Up for Downs has turned to the internet, and Zoom in particular, to continue their comedy work to build…