Insider spoke to a variety of individuals who have different disabilities to highlight some of the biggest issues and types of discrimination that they face in the workplace. Even well-meaning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a customer experience consultant and customer service trainer. The last thing Bernadette Wheeler, a busy gynecologist working ...

The system charged with ensuring that California adults with developmental disabilities get crucial services is plagued with stark differences in spending by race, ethnicity and where people live, ...

The recent article “A Spec. Ed. Twist on Common-Core Testing” (May 22, 2013) makes the point that students with severe disabilities are better served when they are included in standardized assessments ...

Helena Donato-Sapp is a 14-year-old activist with a searing message for educators: Do more to be a champion for students with disabilities. Helena has four learning disabilities—a visual processing ...

At the Paralympics this month in Paris, most of the athletes compete based on their impairments. But one track and field event — the universal relay — does just the opposite. Most events at the ...

What do you really need to know about disability? If you’re not disabled yourself, and don’t have a child, spouse, brother or sister, or parent with disabilities, how knowledgeable and up to date on ...

Tech companies are creating smartphone accessibility settings and features that help people with disabilities navigate the world. “People with disabilities need the same things from their phones as ...

About 61 million adults in the US have a disability, according to the CDC. Even before COVID, people with disabilities had lower labor-force participation than those without. The pandemic can help ...

To the Government of Zambia and the Zambia National Assembly To the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child ...

Joseph Madaus receives funding from the Connecticut State Department of Education; the United States Department of Education. Summer is a busy time for high school juniors. They’re getting ready to ...