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Latest News, Events and Information
Social Security Adds 14 Compassionate Allowances
Social Security added 14 conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list, expanding to 314 conditions that speed disability benefit approvals for severe illness.
Public Transit Barriers Limit NYC Disability Employment
How inaccessible buses, subways, and rail in New York City raise commute times and lower employment rates for working-age people with disabilities.
Effective Altruism and Disability: A Critical Guide
An authoritative guide to effective altruism, its cost-effectiveness methods, and the sharp debates it has provoked among disability rights scholars.
UK TV Disability Hiring Target May Not Be Met Until 2028
Independent Creative Diversity Network review finds UK television off-screen disability representation rose just 0.9%, delaying the Doubling Disability target.
Cat Training Helps Kids With Disabilities and Cats
A cat training program improved behavior, responsibility and bonds for children with developmental disabilities while making their family cats more social.
Unseen: Voices of Visually Impaired South Africans
A book by Joanne Bloch sharing her own sight loss story and interviews with 20 visually impaired South Africans on adaptation, barriers, and daily life.
MTA Settlement Improves NY Subway Elevator Outage Access
Disability advocates reach a class action settlement with the MTA requiring better signage, announcements, and alerts for New York subway elevator outages.
Loneliness as a Public Health Crisis and Companionship
The WHO links loneliness to about 871,000 deaths a year, with teens most affected - a look at companionship as low-cost prevention.
Wheel Talk Podcast: Disabled Voices and Rare Disease
A podcast hosted by two friends with an ultra-rare form of congenital muscular dystrophy, sharing honest conversations about disability and lived experience.
George Mendoza: Blind Artist and Spirit Man Novelist
Profile of George Mendoza, the blind New Mexico artist, author of the Spirit Man novels, and Smithsonian affiliated exhibitor of Colors of the Wind.
CrossCountry Debuts Digital Priority Seating Card
CrossCountry launches an industry-first digital Priority Seating Card for Apple Wallet and Android Wallet, helping customers discreetly request priority seats.
Life in a Wheelchair: A Personal Look at ADA Access
A firsthand account of navigating public spaces in a wheelchair and on crutches, and why ADA accessibility guidelines still fall short in daily real world use.
Kinesiologist vs Physiotherapist: What's the Difference
Compare kinesiologists and physiotherapists - their training, scope, and overlap in exercise and rehabilitation, plus how each supports people with disability.
SSA Adds Online Tools for Disability Claims and Appeals
Social Security now offers online disability claim status tracking, digital form submission, and 26 additional hearing notices through my Social Security.
Evan Sweeney Launches The Access Archive Video Series
Writer Evan Sweeney launches The Access Archive, a 10-part video series documenting adaptive living and disability culture, filmed in Los Angeles.
Helping Neurodivergent Job Seekers Assess Workplace Fit
Raaha is a free tool that compares a job description with how you prefer to work, giving neurodivergent job seekers a fit score and questions to ask.
Antivaccine Bills Surge in States, Led by GOP Push
Republican lawmakers sponsored 86 percent of state antivaccine bills after COVID-19, a Boston University study finds, raising public health concerns.
Terminal Lucidity: A Surprising Return of the Mind
Terminal lucidity is an unexpected return of mental clarity in people with dementia or severe disability, often in the final days or hours before death.
The Sound of Silence: Inside EV Noise Pollution
A look at electric car noise pollution, the alert tunes each EV model emits, and how both silence and sound affect people with disabilities.
Accessible Bali Airbnb: 3-Bedroom Villa Getaway in Ketewel
Rent a wheelchair accessible 3 bedroom villa near Rangkan Beach in Ketewel, Bali with accessible bathroom, ocean and rice field views, and private pool.
Casting Broadway Paddington: Onstage Performer Role
New York casting office announces a casting call for an onstage performer 4 feet tall and under for the Broadway production of Paddington.
Disabled, Not Done: Building Recovery in Tennessee
Adam Watson shares how a brachial plexus injury led him to build The Sanctuary, a capability and recovery platform in East Tennessee.
Wheelchair Users Kayak Komodo in Six-Day Expedition
Five wheelchair users will kayak over 100km across Indonesia's Komodo National Park in a six-day expedition raising funds for four spinal and cancer charities.
Reflections on Accessibility: A Personal Perspective from a Radiology Technician
A Radiology Technician and childhood stroke survivor shares her path through paralysis, bullying, and bias to build an inclusive career in medical imaging.
Why Karaoke-Style Captions Can Exclude Disabled Users
How karaoke-style captions can exclude people with cognitive, vision and reading disabilities, and how to caption more accessibly.
Access Rider: Working Document for Disability Needs (With Example Template)
An access rider is a working document setting out your disability, medical, or Neurodivergent access needs so organizations can remove barriers.
Why are Grown Adults Sleeping with Stuffed Animals
Research shows nearly a third to half of adults sleep with a comfort object, and touch-based cues can signal safety and help the body fall asleep.
The First Disability Pension in The USA Was Established In 1776
How the Continental Congress created the first US disability pension in 1776, paying wounded Revolutionary War soldiers $3.30 to $25 per month.
Roanoke Virginia Travel Guide - Mountain Town Attractions
Explore Roanoke, Virginia - a walkable Blue Ridge Mountain town with museums, music venues, 1,000 miles of trails and the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.
Physicalism Explained: Mind, Matter, and Disability
Explore physicalism in philosophy of mind - monism, supervenience, identity theory, functionalism, behaviorism, and how it connects to disability.
Why Advocates Fear a Return to Disability Institutions
Federal moves on special education, civil commitment and disability rights have advocates warning of a shift back toward institutional care in the U.S.
Conception Grows First Early Human Eggs From Stem Cells
Conception reports creating the first early human egg cells from stem cells, building lab-grown mini-ovaries through in vitro gametogenesis.
Why Schools and Students Underperform in Math and Reading
An educator examines standardized testing, shifting math and reading methods, and screen time as three fixable causes of student underperformance.
Dropping the Cancer Label May Cut Prostate Deaths
A UCLA-led model finds relabeling the lowest-risk prostate cancer could cut overtreatment and prevent nearly 2,400 deaths a year through more screening.
Brain Injury Repair May Ride on the Cell's Own Vesicles
A peer-reviewed review finds stem cell vesicles may treat traumatic brain injury across rats, swine, and monkeys, with early human gains reported.
Brain2Qwerty: Meta's Mind-Reading Typing Leap
Brain2Qwerty is Meta's non-invasive AI system that decodes typed sentences from brain activity, hinting at new tools for people who cannot speak or type.
Single Brain Implant Restores Both Vision and Touch
Researchers find brain interface technology for artificial vision and touch is nearly identical, opening the door to faster sense restoration for patients.
How Lip-Reading Errors Happen, Revealed by Network Science
University of Kansas researchers mapped 20,000 English words to show why some are far harder to read on the lips than others.
AI Companions May Stunt How Teens Learn Relationships
Researchers warn that teens leaning on AI chatbots for relationship advice may miss key social skills built through real human interaction.
Why Babies Under Two Should Have No Screen Time At All
UK researchers warn that screen time for children under two carries long-term health risks and offers few real benefits during early development.
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