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Disability rights advocates want the drive to recruit and retain Americans with disabilities well beyond this month.The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the US Department of Labor is celebrating National Disability…

Independent Living Specialists have introduced new mobility and health products to help their customers live safe and carefree lives during these troubled times.Home care and mobility devicesThe ability to travel and live happy, independent…

As hospitals, large healthcare providers and employers in other industries prepare for the vaccine rollout, many will institute mandatory vaccination policies for their workforce. Employers who implement mandatory vaccination policies…

(Berlin) - Thousands of children with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan are segregated in dormitories where they can experience neglect, inappropriate medical treatment and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today…

Occupational health care needs to be made more accessible to smaller organizations in order to increase the employment rate of people with disabilities. This was communicated to delegates to a conference on disability and health…

This hunger is deeper than the aesthetic fascination; it goes back to my earliest years. I grew up in the hospital. Since I was born with spina bifida and underwent dozens of operations when I was 5, I was constantly surrounded by…

As an invisible disabled woman at the beginning of my career, I experienced my share of discrimination when looking for a job. I have cystic fibrosis, a disease that means that despite my rigorous daily treatments, excruciating pain, and…

What did Sightsavers do to support the Ethiopian Ministry of Health? Ethiopia is leading the way in establishing it an integrated NTD database (Access acquired by the Ministry). We have helped the Ministry of Health integrate…

S.Tark gender pay gaps were rightly not far from the spotlight. Although people with disabilities, on average, earn significantly less than their non-disabled counterparts, we tend to hear much less about it. That needs to change. The…

Author: FDR Memorial Legacy Committee (i): Contact: fdrmemoriallegacy.comPublished: 10/29/2020Table of contents and important points:The mission of the FDR Memorial Legacy Committee to ensure the efforts of the disabled community at the FDR…