disability

Potential is the reason I am a candidate for the UN Disability Committee. I've met people with a disability from all over the world. I've seen what happens when you are in hiding, when you experience that nobody believes in you…

Cynthia McCormick | Cape Cod Times Pamela Kelley Burkley of Hyannis always joked that she was known in the national media as "that girl" - the teenager who was paralyzed in 1973 when a jeep driven by Joseph P. Kennedy II on Nantucket…

The blockade of Israel imposed on the enclave in 2007 has "deprived people with disabilities in Gaza of their freedom of movement," says HRW.People with disabilities may face "extremely difficult" lives in Gaza because of the Israeli…

European Disability Day on December 3rd is an opportunity for us to reflect on the violations of rights that many people with disabilities continue to face. High rates of unemployment or poverty are common across Europe. Measures to fight…

The state government must register as an SDA provider (Specialist Disability Accommodation) and enable the registration of state-owned group housesBy registering all group houses, SDA entitlements of approximately USD 4 million annually are…

Getty It’s not enough anymore for politicians to furrow their brows about the high rate of unemployment for people with disabilities. And “urging” employers “give disabled people a chance,” while all to the good, only…

Given the increasing number of employees diagnosed with COVID-19 who need a leave of absence to recover from the virus, the question arises whether COVID-19 is an employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or of an employee…

To mark the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week in July 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has partnered with Project Inclusion Network, Inc. (PIN), the Department of Commerce and Industry (DTI)…

Dinesh Palipana sits on the council of the Sri Lanka Spinal Cord Network and is a founding member of Doctors with Disabilities Australia, an advocacy group for…

During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we recognize the immeasurable contributions that Americans with disabilities make to our workforce. Your successes not only strengthen our economies and communities,…