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Alanna Julian had to overcome several obstacles in life to find employment as an adult woman with an intellectual disability.As a teenager, her first job was in a sheltered workshop - an environment that employs people with disabilities -…

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…

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…

The barriers faced by disabled workers vary from individual to individual depending on a number of factors. In many cases, the disability itself can prevent people from working in certain occupations, while in other cases there are a…

For decades, educators have been teaching and educating without knowing the neural connections that are formed in children at every developmental stage. During their academic and professional training, educators spend some of their time…

The news is still full of coverage of a particular election in the US earlier this month, but another major election will take place later in November that will have a huge impact on the rights of people with disabilities around…