For women, the effects of unrecognized disability often surface through interrupted education, challenges navigating healthcare, and reduced economic participation.
Have you experienced that awkward moment when you meet a new colleague, notice a visible disability, and suddenly, all you know about everyday social interaction seems to go out the window? You are ...
South Sound Parent to Parent (SSP2P) began in 1987 for the families of children with disability or chronic illness and the professionals who support them. SSP2P helps families find needed services, ...
Disability is human. It is quite common. Yet it also makes many of us uncomfortable. You might be looking forward to meeting a new colleague. And then you notice a visible disability, and somehow ...
This article by Terri R. Kurtzberg and Mason Ameri was originally published in Harvard Business Review. Companies are increasingly strategizing on how to reduce all kinds of bias in the workplace, ...
Radio City Rockette Sydney Mesher isn’t just living her dream this holiday season, she’s also breaking barriers as a disability advocate. Mesher, who was born without a left hand, is the first — and ...
You’ve probably seen it before — someone parks in a handicapped parking spot, hangs a placard on the mirror, and walks off without a cane, brace or visible disability. Maybe you’ve even wondered: Are ...
Imagine having a visible disability where you really do need to take advantage of handicap parking spots whenever possible. If you forgot to bring your handicapped placard with you, would you still ...