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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we recognize Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law. This ...

In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on the Greek Island of Santorini. She didn't drink enough water and when she returned to her cruise ship, she felt dizzy and nauseated. She thought ...

A recent article in Health Affairs called the electronic health record an "underrated medium" for improving care and pushed for the standardization of structures for documenting disabilities. "In ...

Sue Do said there are things that she wishes people better understood about her as an adult with a disability.

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet famously asks, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” She wonders how the name someone has can define them, ...

Recently, the Northeast Indiana Disability Advocacy Coalition co-sponsored a mayoral town hall that focused on disability issues. The reason for this town hall was simple: Disability issues are ...

The narratives embedded in disability policy influence everything from budget priorities to program eligibility and ...

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