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Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...ever disclose your disability at work. It's when,...antidiscrimination laws don't always prevent...required to disclose a disability at any point in the...accommodation or if your disability affects your ability...whether you have a disability before making a job...they can only ask disability-related questions...about health or disability before making an...
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...a friend. The disability doesn't erase...It's baked into disability rights law, including...disability rights law, including the...
News > Advocacy
The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
...Over 20,000 upvotes on Reddit's r/TikTokCringe, coverage from The Drum to Disability Scoop, and coalition support from the National Down Syndrome Society, Down's...Slightly in Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy (2023), starring alongside Jude Law and Alexander...
Legal > Government Benefits
Idaho Passed $22M in Medicaid Disability Cuts. Here's What Families Can Do Before the Governor Signs.
...19-15 vote, sending $21.8 million in Medicaid disability service cuts to Governor Brad Little's desk. The...days from receipt of the bill to sign it into law, veto it, or allow it to pass without his signature....attention. Idaho isn't the only state cutting disability services in 2026, and what happens here sets a...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
College with a Learning Difference: A Four-Year High School Preparation Guide
...wait until senior spring to think about college disability services find themselves scrambling for documentation...arrives at college ready. Freshman Year: Name the Disability and Build the Foundation. The work in ninth grade...self-advocacy to the IEP as a transition goal. Federal law requires IEPs to include transition planning starting...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action
...it, which law applies,...experience disability discrimination...covers what disability discrimination...federal laws protect...Counts as Disability Discrimination....Discrimination. Disability discrimination...of their disability, a history...history of disability, or a perceived...perceived disability. It shows...accommodations, or disability-based harassment....harassment. Disability discrimination...based on disability, harassment,...
News > Employment
Disability Disclosure at Work: When to Tell, What to Say, and How to Protect Yourself
...asking if you have a disability. Or you're sitting in...strategic choice, and the law gives you clear boundaries...cannot ask if you have a disability, period. They can ask...employer can ask about disability if they ask every new...rescind the offer based on disability unless they can prove...unless they can prove the disability prevents you from doing...
News > Education
IEP vs. 504 Plan: Which One Does Your Child Need and What's the Difference?
...Education Act. This is federal special education law. It requires schools to provide a Free Appropriate...of the Rehabilitation Act. This is civil rights law. It prohibits discrimination based on disability...rights law. It prohibits discrimination based on disability and requires schools to provide accommodations...
News > Advocacy
How to Request Workplace Accommodations Under the ADA Without Risking Your Job
...fatigue. You manage until you can't anymore. The law says you have the right to request reasonable...to communicate that you need help because of a disability. This guide walks through how to request accommodations...full-time, part-time, and probationary workers. A disability under the ADA is a physical or mental impairment...
Legal > Healthcare
Healthcare Decision-Making Rights: From Informed Consent to Guardianship Alternatives
...medication changes" because of his intellectual disability, but nobody assessed whether that's true. Your...overkill. Informed Consent and Capacity: What the Law Requires. Having an intellectual or developmental...Requires. Having an intellectual or developmental disability doesn't automatically mean you can't consent to...
Legal > Healthcare
Healthcare Rights for People with Disabilities: Your Complete Legal Guide
...medical needs. When you ask which law protects you, no one gives a...disabilities aren't covered by one law. They're covered by five major...authority. Having five separate laws sounds like overkill until...protection applies when, how these laws interact, and where the gaps...impose waiting periods based on disability or chronic health conditions....
Legal > Housing
Your Complete Guide to Disability Housing Rights Under Federal Law
...three articles about disability housing rights. All...you wondering which law applies to your situation,...together: which federal law covers your housing...place. Which Federal Law Protects You. Four...You. Four federal laws govern disability...federal laws govern disability housing rights. They...discrimination based on disability and requires reasonable...