Disabled World editorial views and opinions on articles and news stories and topics relating to disability and health issues todayhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/en-usMon, 06 Apr 2026 10:56:27 EDTEditorials - Op-edsDisabled Americans lead non-disabled peers in health coverage, vehicle access, and government jobs through policy wins and tech advanceshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/non-disabled.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/non-disabled.phpTue, 03 Feb 2026 12:32:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsLegislative changes in 2025 brought accessibility gains for disabled Americans despite significant Medicaid cuts affecting essential services and supportshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disabled-2025.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disabled-2025.phpFri, 02 Jan 2026 13:09:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEvidence-based suicide prevention for people with disabilities: risk factors, protective factors, crisis resources, and how life experience reduces suicidal ideationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/suicide-factors.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/suicide-factors.phpWed, 29 Oct 2025 17:30:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInsightful analysis of India's disability laws exposing systemic failures and calling for genuine reform, inclusion, and representation of the disabledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/india-crisis.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/india-crisis.phpTue, 07 Oct 2025 17:54:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsNew York's disabled face poverty despite welfare expansion. Analysis argues high-wage jobs, not social benefits, offer real economic opportunityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ny-disabled.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ny-disabled.phpWed, 01 Oct 2025 09:23:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEditorial examining political hypocrisy in addressing ableism, calling for consistent condemnation of discriminatory remarks against people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/nonsense.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/nonsense.phpMon, 02 Jun 2025 09:12:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsHollywood's inaccurate disability portrayals, inspiration porn, and erasure in adaptations are critiqued, advocating for authentic representation through the disabled gazehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/representation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/representation.phpFri, 28 Mar 2025 10:44:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThis article explains shrinkflation, where companies reduce product sizes instead of raising prices, and its impact on budgets, trust, and consumer strategieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/shrinkflation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/shrinkflation.phpFri, 14 Feb 2025 12:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsMarket analysis examines how growing assistive technology investments and aging demographics will reshape disability services and economic opportunitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/better-life.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/better-life.phpFri, 27 Dec 2024 11:40:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExposing critical issue of poor nutrition among disabled Americans, analyzing its causes, consequences, and potential solutions, while highlighting need for targeted interventionshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/thanksgiving.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/thanksgiving.phpSat, 30 Nov 2024 11:29:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExamines flaws in scientific peer review, including bias and inefficiency, and explores alternative models for more reliable research disseminationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/peer-reviewed.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/peer-reviewed.phpFri, 12 Jul 2024 18:27:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhy only 22.5% of disabled Americans are employed compared to 65.8% of non-disabled workers, and how the social benefits system discourages disability employmenthttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-unemployed.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-unemployed.phpTue, 09 Jul 2024 10:33:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle emphasizes need for specialized immigration programs to support individuals with disabilities, highlighting challenges and suggesting improvementshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/special-corridor.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/special-corridor.phpSat, 01 Jun 2024 08:49:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAs summer travel season approaches, Cecily Cox pens an opinion piece for Disabled World discussing Disney's latest Disability Access Servicehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/das.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/das.phpThu, 25 Apr 2024 12:32:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsHow California's Dignity for All Act removes offensive disability terms from state law and what political experts say about federal disability language reformhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-disability.phpWed, 28 Feb 2024 16:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle explores the extent to which AIN's initiatives align with its stated commitment to people-centric development and inclusivityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ain-accessibility.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ain-accessibility.phpMon, 05 Feb 2024 09:34:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff examines the lack of reasoning regarding the Covid-19 anti-lockdown stance currently in Britainhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-lockdown.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-lockdown.phpTue, 26 Oct 2021 14:00:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsOpinion article regarding COVID-19 Anti-vaxxers, preventable deaths, and the lifting of masking mandateshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-vaxxers.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/anti-vaxxers.phpThu, 19 Aug 2021 08:23:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-eds25th May 2020 is Memorial Day in America an occurrence observed annually on the last Monday of May, set aside to honor and remember those who have died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forceshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/in-service.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/in-service.phpMon, 25 May 2020 15:39:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsOp-ed opinion piece looks at critical struggle in Washington and the states to keep seniors and disabled in their homes and not nursing homes that are proving to be dangerous in this new erahttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/2-front-war.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/2-front-war.phpSun, 24 May 2020 09:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff writes on disability hate crime and a possible sensitive and controversial issue amongst disability organisations and campaign groupshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/welfare-reform-hate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/welfare-reform-hate.phpTue, 18 Feb 2020 18:40:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsOp-Ed on unemployment for disabled people asks: why don't we hire disabled people, and comments on the struggle of getting a jobhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/employment-struggle.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/employment-struggle.phpThu, 12 Dec 2019 11:37:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExplore how Britain's welfare reforms since 2010, influenced by deep-seated prejudices, have perpetuated the marginalization of disabled individualshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/institutionalisation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/institutionalisation.phpWed, 07 Jun 2017 15:17:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsGetting the disabled to work for less than UK minimum wage, surfaced again recently, this time during Rosa Monckton's article for The Spectatorhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/minimum.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/minimum.phpMon, 13 Mar 2017 10:55:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhat kind of a place has the UK become, where people think it is acceptable to lynch a disabled man to death?https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/brendan-mason.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/brendan-mason.phpThu, 09 Mar 2017 10:52:52 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff comments on TV show The Last Leg which launched an attack on UK welfare cuts, likening them to genocide against disabled peoplehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/the-last-leg.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/the-last-leg.phpMon, 06 Mar 2017 11:09:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff writes on disability hate crime and the alleged recent attack on a man with disabilities in the U.S.https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/incarceration.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/incarceration.phpMon, 09 Jan 2017 10:35:39 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEquality and Human Rights Commission report states total incidence of hate crime in England and Wales has declined at a time when the overall crime rate has also fallenhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/decrease.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/decrease.phpSat, 29 Oct 2016 12:52:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff writes on the banning of Russia from participating in the upcoming Rio 2016 Paralympic Games for allegedly violating international doping ruleshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/doping-scandal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/doping-scandal.phpMon, 08 Aug 2016 14:23:09 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPaul Dodenhoff writes on Britains exit (Brexit) from membership of the European Union and disability hate crime in the U.K.https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/brexit-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/brexit-disability.phpMon, 25 Jul 2016 06:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsOped by Dr. Seth Morgan advocating for autonomy to make end-of-life decisions, including the ability for all people to choose medical aid in dyinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/decision-making.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/decision-making.phpSun, 24 Jul 2016 08:55:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle regarding the killing of Jo Cox MP, and the influence of negative political and media rhetoric touching on all forms of hatehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/jo-cox.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/jo-cox.phpWed, 22 Jun 2016 08:27:11 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe end of the year has me thinking of things I wish for during the coming new yearhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/wishes.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/wishes.phpTue, 29 Dec 2015 09:47:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsDisabled World writer, Thomas C. Weiss, writes on people with disabilities, gun ownership, firearm safety, and self-defense traininghttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/gun-safety.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/gun-safety.phpThu, 10 Dec 2015 08:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsComprehensive guide to ostomy types including colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy procedures and one-piece or two-piece pouching systems for waste collectionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ostomies.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ostomies.phpTue, 06 Oct 2015 13:41:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEditorial on police shootings involving people with mental health disabilities and service dogs, including ADA protections and Fourth Amendment legal analysishttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/police-dogs.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/police-dogs.phpSun, 28 Jun 2015 12:28:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInformation regarding Irukandji syndrome, a medical condition induced by the sting of the box jellyfish Carukia barnesihttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/irukandji.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/irukandji.phpMon, 11 May 2015 10:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with disabilities make up at least half of those shot and killed by police each year in the U.S., raising urgent concerns about training and accountabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/kc.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/kc.phpWed, 28 Jan 2015 08:13:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsFor many people who experience forms of disabilities, removing snow from the sidewalks is simply not going to happenhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/waste.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/waste.phpMon, 26 Jan 2015 14:13:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsCorporations have become so greedy that many people who experience forms of disabilities are simply priced out of the markethttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/advantage.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/advantage.phpThu, 22 Jan 2015 10:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsHow Title II of the ADA applies to law enforcement during arrests, covering wrongful arrest claims, failure to train, and reasonable accommodation requirementshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/police-liability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/police-liability.phpMon, 17 Nov 2014 07:48:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhat are people with disabilities supposed to do if an unforeseen home disaster strikeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/plumbing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/plumbing.phpMon, 10 Nov 2014 16:58:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThomas C. Weiss takes a look at the current ethics of the fast food industry in the United Stateshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ethical.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ethical.phpThu, 23 Oct 2014 10:51:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExamines senior abuse by trusted caregivers, highlighting systemic neglect and financial exploitation risks for vulnerable populationshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cleansing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cleansing.phpThu, 03 Apr 2014 10:22:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInformation relating to wages and conditions of employees with disabilities in sheltered workshopshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/conditions.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/conditions.phpTue, 04 Mar 2014 10:20:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle looks at the current advertising industry emphasis on superficial physical perfection and hesitation to use people with disabilities as modelshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/advertising.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/advertising.phpMon, 06 Jan 2014 09:08:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsA look at the nursing profession for nurses who also happen to be wheelchair usershttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/lives.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/lives.phpTue, 17 Dec 2013 10:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThis article provides an insightful exploration into the United States' lack of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/crpd-ratification.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/crpd-ratification.phpSat, 23 Nov 2013 10:37:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEditorial article on food security and the potential for financial and additional hardships for Americans with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/hardship.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/hardship.phpWed, 25 Sep 2013 05:44:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInformation relating to chemicals and herbicides used in America today as well as the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam warhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/chemical-use.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/chemical-use.phpWed, 11 Sep 2013 08:21:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle looks at police violence in relation to people with disability in particular those who experience forms of developmental or mental disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cops.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cops.phpSun, 01 Sep 2013 07:04:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle looks at forfeiture law in Colorado state that involves government seizure of property when connected to illegal activityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/forfeiture.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/forfeiture.phpTue, 13 Aug 2013 13:33:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle looks at low wages for people with disabilities associated with working at some major corporations in Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/guilty.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/guilty.phpSat, 20 Jul 2013 08:58:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeg Meerkatz, President of Esperanza Enterprises in Long Beach, New York recently endured some highly unfortunate treatment at the hands of an over-enthusiastic theater managerhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/nycb.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/nycb.phpMon, 15 Jul 2013 10:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsMuseum refuses wheelchair access to 11-year-old girl with Kernicterus, citing carpet cleanliness concerns despite available simple cleaning solutionshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/dirty-wheels.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/dirty-wheels.phpFri, 12 Jul 2013 12:20:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPerfect health and physical or mental ability also does not mean that a person is automatically happyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/pursuit.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/pursuit.phpMon, 08 Jul 2013 14:33:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInformation regarding smoke inhalation and possible health effects of smoke from wildfireshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/smoke-inhalation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/smoke-inhalation.phpSat, 15 Jun 2013 09:36:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAs you observe Mother's Day, please bear in mind that it is very much about not only the life of your mother and yourself, but the lives of those around you and their mothers as wellhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/mothers-day.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/mothers-day.phpMon, 13 May 2013 09:02:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsChemical weapons are classified as arms that use toxic chemical substances to harm or kill people during warhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/weapons.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/weapons.phpWed, 08 May 2013 09:15:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsGun-related violence in America frequently results in both fatalities and long-term disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/opinion.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/opinion.phpThu, 25 Apr 2013 11:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe U.S. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program pays benefits to disabled adults and children who have limited income and resources. SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older without disabilities who meet the financial limitshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/oppression.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/oppression.phpMon, 22 Apr 2013 09:02:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsSSDI and SSI programs currently under a certain amount of scrutiny related to the costs of the programshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/perspectives.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/perspectives.phpThu, 11 Apr 2013 11:11:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExplores misconceptions about wheelchair users' mobility, emphasizing that standing doesn't negate disability and advocating for greater public understandinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/standing-up.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/standing-up.phpTue, 26 Feb 2013 10:45:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe service through the Nursing Home Complaint Center is free to people who have been abused in nursing homes and their family membershttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/complaint-center.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/complaint-center.phpFri, 28 Dec 2012 18:48:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe mainstream media has had a field day presenting reports concerning Adam Lanza responsible for the school shootings in Connecticuthttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/violent.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/violent.phpMon, 24 Dec 2012 10:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe year 2012 was a busy and rather wild one for People with Disabilities in Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-2012.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-2012.phpSat, 22 Dec 2012 16:25:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with Disabilities struggle with cutbacks to Social Security, failure of U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and minimal increase in Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmas-2012.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmas-2012.phpMon, 17 Dec 2012 10:23:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsChristmas grocery shopping made easier for people with physical and mobility problems which prevent them getting to the supermarkethttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmasshopping.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmasshopping.phpFri, 07 Dec 2012 10:40:43 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe consequences of the fiscal cliff in relation to People with Disabilities can grow to be rather complicatedhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cliff.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/cliff.phpWed, 05 Dec 2012 13:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsArticle looks at what the US fiscal cliff is and the tax effects on Americans including people with disabilities and those with entitlement benefitshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/fiscal-cliff.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/fiscal-cliff.phpThu, 22 Nov 2012 13:14:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAtelectasis is a condition that may result from an a blockage of a person's airways that affects tiny air sacs referred to as Alveoli https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/atelectasis.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/atelectasis.phpThu, 22 Nov 2012 10:01:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAging of population will have broad economic consequences for America particularly federal programs that support the elderly and disabledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/implications.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/implications.phpSat, 13 Oct 2012 14:07:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsUnited States continues to spend money locking up its citizens while at the same time cutting funding for higher educationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/spending.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/spending.phpSun, 23 Sep 2012 12:03:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExamining how age-based stereotypes and discrimination harm older adults through reduced financial security, health impacts, and social isolation in Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ageism.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ageism.phpWed, 12 Sep 2012 15:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe Vanderhorst family recently experienced one of the worst and most blatant cases of airline discrimination against disabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/vanderhorst.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/vanderhorst.phpFri, 07 Sep 2012 12:19:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe budget cuts that are proposed are coming at a time when the experience of autism has become a national health care crisishttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/budget-crisis.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/budget-crisis.phpTue, 21 Aug 2012 12:28:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsLong-term care industry issues related to short staffing, low pay, poor benefits, employee retention and disregard for employee safetyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/abusive.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/abusive.phpThu, 02 Aug 2012 14:55:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsA young man entered a theater presenting the new Batman movie shot and killed a dozen people and wounded more than fifty othershttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/batman-theater.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/batman-theater.phpMon, 23 Jul 2012 09:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThis editorial explores Goodwill’s subminimum wage policy for disabled workers, examining legal, ethical, and advocacy perspectives in the ongoing debatehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/minimumwage.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/minimumwage.phpTue, 12 Jun 2012 15:21:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAttempts to reform the SSI or SSDI programs without serious in-depth involvement of People with Disabilities and Seniors is an insult and most likely fruitlesshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ncd-ssa-reform.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ncd-ssa-reform.phpMon, 21 May 2012 11:32:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsLiterature in America, upon review, reveals that friendships between people with and without forms of disabilities involve an over-representation of women in social networks involving people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/friends.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/friends.phpMon, 14 May 2012 18:41:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsHow the Money Follows the Person program and the Community Choice Act reform Medicaid to give people with disabilities real long-term care choiceshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/mfp-cca.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/mfp-cca.phpWed, 25 Apr 2012 15:40:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhat is, 'effective communication'? Effective communication means that anything that is either spoken or written must be as clear and understandable to a person with a disability as it is for a non-disabled person.https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/auxiliary-services.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/auxiliary-services.phpThu, 19 Apr 2012 17:30:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsSchool behavior programs that are well-designed are essential and must become a part of every single school in this nationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/behavior-programs.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/behavior-programs.phpThu, 22 Mar 2012 12:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsSafeway supermarkets have grown to become an advocate and supporter of people with disability and one we should be proud of and supporthttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/safeway.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/safeway.phpMon, 05 Mar 2012 12:21:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe basic rights of every person despite their disability status are presented through various different treatieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/6786854.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/6786854.phpMon, 27 Feb 2012 19:13:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEmpowering people with disabilities to live independently and contribute to society is both socially and economically beneficialhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/marginalizing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/marginalizing.phpFri, 24 Feb 2012 14:36:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with Disabilities around the world experience difficulties with attending school getting a job voting and obtaining the health care they needhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/experiences.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/experiences.phpThu, 23 Feb 2012 05:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsChronic kidney disease CKD includes a number of conditions that damage the kidneys and decrease their ability to keep a person healthyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/kidney-disease.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/kidney-disease.phpTue, 21 Feb 2012 10:35:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsSome people disagree with a psychological conceptualization of Morgellons Disease and strongly believe it is a distinct form of medical conditionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/morgellons.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/morgellons.phpSun, 05 Feb 2012 13:19:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsDisability justice has the ability to transform the ways people and organizations work towards increased inclusion and sustainabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/justice.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/justice.phpMon, 05 Dec 2011 10:44:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPractical strategies for safeguarding Social Security numbers, credit cards, and banking details from fraud when shopping online and using ATM machineshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/personal-info.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/personal-info.phpSat, 22 Oct 2011 14:25:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsFollowing these steps for personal safety can help decrease the possibility someone with a disability may be affected by crimehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/personal-safety.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/personal-safety.phpThu, 20 Oct 2011 09:03:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities contains specific statements regarding disability rights in areas of recreation, cultural life sports and leisurehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/participation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/participation.phpThu, 22 Sep 2011 11:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsExplores how evolving American family structures impact caregiving, aging, disability support, and community life across generationshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/american-families.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/american-families.phpThu, 15 Sep 2011 08:55:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsRights concerning homes and families of persons with disability included in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/respect.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/respect.phpThu, 08 Sep 2011 19:52:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsNations that have signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) have recognized the equal rights of every person with a disability to live in their own communitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/living-independently.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/living-independently.phpSat, 13 Aug 2011 10:25:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with Disabilities have the right to an adequate standard of living not only for themselves but for their familyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/social-protection.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/social-protection.phpTue, 09 Aug 2011 09:38:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe debt ceiling debate has left many people with disabilities wondering if they can trust the Republicans or Democrats ever againhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/political-support.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/political-support.phpSat, 06 Aug 2011 09:50:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe CRPD is the first human rights convention of the 21st century and addresses disability rights on a world-wide scalehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ratifying-crpd.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ratifying-crpd.phpTue, 02 Aug 2011 09:45:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsCuts to Medicaid or elimination of the program could deny millions of Americans the choice to receive the health care services they needhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/lifeline.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/lifeline.phpMon, 18 Jul 2011 11:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan will cost between $3.2 and $4 trillion, including medical care and disability for current and future war veterans. This figure does not include substantial probable future interest on war-related debthttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/costs-of-war.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/costs-of-war.phpSat, 02 Jul 2011 09:42:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-eds95 year old woman is viewed as a potential terrorist by U.S. government funded and supported TSA Agentshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/potential-terrorist.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/potential-terrorist.phpTue, 28 Jun 2011 11:08:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsReduction in number of homeless veterans is promising but there are still veterans who have served America and struggle with homelessness unemployment and additional barriershttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/homeless.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/homeless.phpSun, 19 Jun 2011 13:24:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with disabilities cannot be an afterthought where social inclusion, poverty, government, and health care are concerned anymorehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/world-bank.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/world-bank.phpWed, 15 Jun 2011 09:50:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe politicians of America have chosen without question to leave People with Disabilities in last placehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/war.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/war.phpWed, 08 Jun 2011 09:27:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsA person with epilepsy might experience petit mal seizures as much as hundreds of times in a single day. The seizures may happen for weeks or even months before anyone even notices and can interfere with their liveshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/petit-mal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/petit-mal.phpSun, 29 May 2011 11:30:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsMedicare is projected to run out of money by 2024 and Social Security is expected to be broke by the year 2036https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/broke.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/broke.phpSat, 14 May 2011 15:37:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe presence of financial security at some point in a person's life does not ensure that money and health security will remainhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/perceptions.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/perceptions.phpThu, 12 May 2011 09:15:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsParents with developmental disabilities who receive negative feedback from others can experience learned dependency on others, as well as a fear of authority figureshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/equal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/equal.phpSat, 07 May 2011 11:27:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with Disabilities could be forced into institutions such as nursing homes instead of receiving equivalent care in their homeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ryan-proposal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ryan-proposal.phpFri, 06 May 2011 10:56:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsAs People with Disabilities we are very capable of working towards achieving rights and creating organizationshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/success-challenges.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/success-challenges.phpWed, 04 May 2011 11:22:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsA person's particular social identity does not matter when it comes to social interaction with othershttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/friendship.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/friendship.phpSun, 10 Apr 2011 13:08:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsProtect yourself from foreclosure rescue scams. Discover warning signs of fraudulent loan modification companies and find legitimate help for mortgage problemshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/modification-scams.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/modification-scams.phpThu, 07 Apr 2011 10:22:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsIncreased production of biofuels increases the price of food worldwide by diverting crops and cropland from feeding people to feeding motor vehicleshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/biofuels.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/biofuels.phpMon, 28 Mar 2011 12:16:35 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsInformation including treatment and symptoms of exposure to harmful dosages of ionizing radiation levelshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/radiation-sickness.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/radiation-sickness.phpTue, 15 Mar 2011 09:57:38 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsServices that assist others in society could be greatly enhanced were it not for the endless desire for profit among various greedy American entitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/profit.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/profit.phpWed, 26 Jan 2011 11:11:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with Disabilities have been a part of every single human society and pre-society since the dawn of humanityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/genetic-screening.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/genetic-screening.phpFri, 14 Jan 2011 15:17:57 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsFamilies adopt children with disabilities for unique reasons, offering stability and permanence to the 30-50% of waiting children who have developmental needshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-adoption.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-adoption.phpThu, 13 Jan 2011 15:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe rights of People with Disabilities, Americas largest minority population are fading at an unprecedented ratehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/human-rights-america.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/human-rights-america.phpSun, 09 Jan 2011 12:36:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe veterans who have served America through the armed forces deserve the best this nation has to offerhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/veterans-government-2011.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/veterans-government-2011.phpWed, 05 Jan 2011 18:08:21 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe year also found People with Disabilities experiencing molestation by TSA Agentshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmas-wishes.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/christmas-wishes.phpSat, 25 Dec 2010 14:46:24 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhere human societies in our world and their treatment of people with disabilities are concerned what has history shown ushttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/civilized-society.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/civilized-society.phpWed, 15 Dec 2010 10:46:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsEditorial examining how TSA enhanced pat-downs and body scanners affect people with disabilities, veterans, children, and sexual assault survivors at airportshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/tsa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/tsa.phpWed, 15 Dec 2010 10:36:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsTurmeric extract for reduction of pain and improvement of function in osteoarthritis of the kneeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/knee-oa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/knee-oa.phpFri, 16 Jul 2010 13:51:03 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsDespite living with iPads and hybrid cars young Americans are more like the young adults of the early 1900s than the baby boom generationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/adulthood.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/adulthood.phpTue, 27 Apr 2010 09:54:03 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsVisiting individuals when they have health problems is a must for friends relatives and neighborshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-jordan.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disability-jordan.phpTue, 27 Apr 2010 07:19:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsStephen Hawking was born on the eighth of January in the year 1942 in Oxford Englandhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/stephen-hawking.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/stephen-hawking.phpTue, 23 Mar 2010 19:10:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsOne of the most acclaimed and expensive haute couture designers in the Ukrainehttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/couture-designer.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/couture-designer.phpTue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsVeteran Affairs Canada is unwilling to consider funding for the dog and its traininghttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/service-dogs-va-canada.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/service-dogs-va-canada.phpFri, 29 Jan 2010 12:44:07 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe National Disability Rights Network is an organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy Systems for people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ndrn.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ndrn.phpThu, 14 Jan 2010 17:47:24 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThis article exposes the legal wage exploitation of disabled workers in the U.S. and calls for urgent reform to ensure fair compensation and dignityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/human-exploitation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/human-exploitation.phpTue, 12 Jan 2010 14:48:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsZakh exhibited behaviors that are a manifestation of his Autism disabilityhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/autism-charges.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/autism-charges.phpMon, 11 Jan 2010 21:25:34 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsCollaborative project to establish monitoring system that addresses disability discrimination on a global basishttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/drpi-human-rights.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/drpi-human-rights.phpThu, 07 Jan 2010 06:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople with different forms of disabilities have the potential to apply for either SSDI or SSIhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/social-security-review.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/social-security-review.phpSun, 27 Dec 2009 15:26:06 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPersonal accounts reveal how people with epilepsy face inappropriate restraints, workplace discrimination, and social stigma despite legal protectionshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/epilepsy-experiences.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/epilepsy-experiences.phpSat, 26 Dec 2009 19:54:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsPeople who experience disabilities are among the most loyal hardworking and dedicated employees to be foundhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/employment-changing-world.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/employment-changing-world.phpTue, 22 Dec 2009 17:25:49 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsThe Americans with Disabilities Act was signed more than two decades ago to expectations of people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ada-access.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/ada-access.phpThu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:44 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsScammers exploit TTY and IP Relay services for the deaf to defraud restaurants through fake orders, credit card fraud, and wire transfer requestshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/tty-scam.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/tty-scam.phpMon, 03 Aug 2009 12:47:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsHeavy Load is a Anarcho Garage Punk band comprised of five musicians with two of the members having learning disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/heavy-load.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/heavy-load.phpWed, 15 Jul 2009 14:07:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsTwice as many persons with disabilities are starting their own businesses as people who are non-disabledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disablity-entrepreneurship-tips.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/disablity-entrepreneurship-tips.phpSat, 04 Jul 2009 09:34:07 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsCommentary concerning the overturn of Sonya Sotomayors case related to the Firefighters and Frank Ricci Champion for Persons with Dyslexiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/frank-ricci-dyslexia.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/frank-ricci-dyslexia.phpFri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:04 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsWhat really killed Michael Jackson The toxicology report is not yet in because Michael Jacksons autopsy is only now being scheduledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/michael-jackson.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/michael-jackson.phpMon, 29 Jun 2009 10:18:00 EDTDisabled WorldEditorials - Op-edsCommentary concerning imprisonment of persons with mental health disabilities in the United Kingdomhttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/uk-disabled-prison.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/uk-disabled-prison.phpSat, 27 Jun 2009 16:19:00 EDTDisabled World