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Career > Finding Jobs
Networking Events for Professionals with Disabilities: Finding Accessible Opportunities
...registration fee. Disability-focused professional...can't: a room where disability is understood as...of professional identity, not an asterisk....an asterisk. Why Disability-Focused Networking...obstacle course. Disability-focused professional...rarely match. Major Disability Career Conferences...Conferences and Events. Disability:IN Global Conference...
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...with a learning disability. The logic is...comes first, the disability second. Then you..."person with a disability" entirely. You're...it wrong. The disability community itself...emphasized that disability is one part of...of a person's identity, not the sum total....a friend. The disability doesn't erase...It's baked into disability rights law, including...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...want to talk about her brother's disability at school because kids ask questions...related to their brother or sister's disability was a major issue. The stress wasn't...major issue. The stress wasn't the disability itself but the questions no one answered,...the questions no one answered, the identity that shrank to "the disabled kid's...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Recognizing Ableism: How Everyday Microaggressions Harm People with Disabilities
...even though your disability has nothing to do...the language to identify what's happening...The Three Types of Disability Microaggressions....mocking someone's disability are microassaults....demean a person's disability identity, often unintentionally....person's disability identity, often unintentionally....the speaker views disability as tragedy or that...
News > Lifestyle
Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
...difference between a tool that builds identity and one that undermines it. Here's...into productive conversations about disability and self-worth. What Authentic Representation...Representation Looks Like. Authentic disability representation has three markers...includes details only someone with that disability would know: how a wheelchair user...
Medical > Psychiatry
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis: Why Teenagers with Disabilities Need Psychiatric Care (And How to Access It)
...disorders occurring alongside the disability. Less than a quarter receive mental...left trying to distinguish between disability-related behavior, typical adolescent...developmental stressors as any adolescent: identity formation, peer relationships, academic...pressure, physical changes. Then add disability-specific layers: chronic pain, social...
Global Insights > Culture
Understanding Disability Culture: Identity, Community, and Pride for Families New to the Conversation
...with a disability." You learned...mentions Disability Pride Month,...model: disability as something...overcome. Disability culture...offers an identity model: disability...model: disability as one characteristic...layer. What Disability Culture...defines disability culture...version: disability culture...includes disability art, disability...disability art, disability history...events like Disability Pride Month...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...waitlist?" If you're working with a care coordinator, social worker, or disability services case manager, they can identify the right waiver and help you...coordinator, social worker, or disability services case manager, they can identify the right waiver and help you apply. The Kaiser Family Foundation publishes...
Career > Advancement
Skills Transferability: Reframing Disability Experience as Professional Assets
...skills. It's the translation. Why Disability-Derived Skills Go Unrecognized. Hiring...you've developed expertise through disability experience rather than formal leadership...reframing. The default assumption is that disability represents limitation. You've internalized...done the work. Now translate it. Identifying Your Transferable Skills. Start...
Career > Advancement
Performance Improvement Plans for Employees with Disabilities: Rights and Risks
...Performance Improvement Plan. You have a disability, and the timing feels off. PIPs can...performance deficiency is related to a disability, your employer must engage in the...engage in the interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations before...you've never formally disclosed your disability. If your manager knows or should...
Career > Accommodations
Writing a Medical Necessity Letter for Workplace Accommodations
...environment so the employer can identify reasonable modifications. Using the...workplace accommodation and the disability or need for accommodation isn't obvious....can ask for: Confirmation that a disability exists under ADA definitions Explanation...Prognosis or predictions about future disability status If an employee requests a...
Research > Genetics
Chromosomal Microarray vs. Whole Genome Sequencing: Which Genetic Test Is Right for Your Child?
...deletions and duplications as small as 50,000 base pairs, which is enough to identify most chromosome disorders. CMA is the test that finds conditions like 22q11.2...a child has autism, developmental delays, or unexplained intellectual disability. Whole exome sequencing (WES) reads the protein-coding portions of your...