by dankeelan | Dec 5, 2023 | Disabilities
My mom has multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed when I was just 10 years old. I remember thinking then, and many times since, that she would miss out on so many things because of it. Yet, despite it, my mom is still sassy-strong and living a full life. She was...
by dankeelan | Apr 18, 2023 | Benefits, Disabilities
A researcher estimates that over 1 million Americans with disabilities aren’t getting the benefits they may need. Zachary Morris, an assistant professor at the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare, wanted to look at how well a couple of big Social...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2023 | Disabilities
The year 2022 was a remarkable and historic time for the employment of people with disabilities. That’s according to the National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) 2022 Year-End Special Edition, issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New...
by dankeelan | Nov 8, 2022 | Disabilities
The sixth floor of the Albuquerque Embassy Suites was a ghost town on Halloween. With just a few hours to go until the night’s festivities, guests were out and about, making for a slow morning for hotel staff. All that could be heard was the dull roar of Luc Nguyen’s...
by dankeelan | Nov 1, 2022 | Disabilities, Featured, Future of Work
The anthropologist Margaret Mead affirmed, “If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities…one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.” In this new era of work, the...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2022 | Disabilities
The unemployment rate in Australia for autistic people is 34.1%, according to the most recent data. This is more than three times the rate for people with disability (10.3%) and almost eight times the rate of people without disability (4.6%). Autistic people...
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