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Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
Understanding the Dynamics of Special Needs Dating
...Challenges and Triumphs...with Special Needs:...Special Needs: A...has special needs...special needs can...twists and turns....misconceptions and practical...misconceptions and embracing...of special needs,...special needs, there's...conditions and abilities,...every individual's experience...the need for...understanding and empathy...the special needs...special needs dating...misperceptions, and barriers...integration and protections...protections against discrimination,...against discrimination, stigma...discrimination, stigma and...stigma and misconceptions...empathy, and patience...of special needs....special needs. In...about individual needs,...individual needs, boundaries,...boundaries, and capabilities...in special needs...special needs...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
The “Othering” of Autism
...man behind him and said, "he is...is autistic" and briefly described...then said, "and he just so happens...Right then and there, I tuned...tuned out — and I was angry....opera singer, and he just so happens...word autism, and I wonder how...with autism and their families...."autism is bad," and most children..."autism is bad" and "I have autism,"...grocery store and not notice a...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Autism in the Workplace: A Guide to Accommodations and Self-Advocacy for Autistic Adults
...diagnosis, concerned about discrimination or workplace stigma....discrimination or workplace stigma. The gap between legal...legal protections and actual practice is...knowing what to request and having a strategy for...strategy for when and how to disclose. Your...accommodations cost nothing, and the median cost for...is $300. You don't need to use the word "accommodation"...
Legal > Housing
Group Home Rights Under the Fair Housing Act
...discriminatory zoning, and residents retain specific...protections are enforceable, and both have complaint pathways...industrial zones, that's discrimination. If a zoning board requires...zoning board requires special permits for disability...numbers of people, that's discrimination. If neighbors petition...them differently. HUD and the Department of Justice...
Career > Discrimination
Class Action Disability Discrimination: When Systemic Bias Affects Multiple Employees
...company-wide. Individual discrimination...company-wide. Individual discrimination complaints address...in. What Makes Discrimination Systemic Enough...joining everyone as individual plaintiffs would...adding them all individually would overwhelm...In disability discrimination cases, this might...wheelchair-accessible workstation and others were denied...lead plaintiffs and their attorneys...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Discrimination Damages: Compensation Available Through EEOC and Lawsuits
...disability discrimination can be proven....statutory caps, and those caps are...Disability Discrimination Cases. Federal...categories: back pay and benefits, compensatory...compensatory damages, and punitive damages....standards, and different caps....have earned, and the value of...mental anguish, and out-of-pocket...directly to the discrimination. This is where...where "pain and suffering" lives...
Career > Discrimination
Confidentiality Violations: When Employers Disclose Disability Information Without Consent
...to work from home, and your supervisor told...about who can know what and when. When that confidence...be kept confidential and stored separately from...specific people on a need-to-know basis: Your...necessary work restrictions and accommodations, but...implement them. They don't need to know your diagnosis....your diagnosis. They need to know you...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Discrimination in Performance Reviews: Recognizing Biased Evaluations
...accommodations for your disability in September, and your October performance review flagged...retaliation or pretext for termination, and what evidence builds a case. What Makes...or higher. This review drops you to "needs improvement" without documentation of...that weren't applied to you before and aren't applied to others in your role....
Career > Discrimination
Isolation and Exclusion: Social Discrimination Against Disabled Employees
...it's happening, and you know it's...experiencing counts as discrimination or just office...experiencing is discrimination. Deliberate social...documented, escalated, and challenged under...into actionable discrimination. The Difference...Social Events and Career Opportunities....constitutes discrimination. Missing an invitation...your disability and it affects your...project over lunch and you're never...
Career > Discrimination
Equal Pay Act and Disability: Fighting Wage Discrimination
...realize wage discrimination is illegal...disability discrimination law, what...practice, and how to file...file a wage discrimination complaint...pay men and women equally...sex-based discrimination, courts...discrimination, courts and the EEOC...effort, and responsibility...colleague, and you're paid...framework and the ADA....standard, and that's a...effort, and responsibility,...responsibility, and whether...
Career > Discrimination
Disability-Based Demotion: Loss of Responsibilities Due to Accommodation Requests
You asked for an ergonomic keyboard and a modified schedule. A week later, your manager reassigned your highest-visibility project to someone else. Two weeks after that, you were moved to a...
Career > Discrimination
Retaliation Timeline: Proving Connection Between Protected Activity and Adverse Action
...accommodations or reporting discrimination, the gap between the...protected activity and the adverse action...temporal proximity, and it's one of the strongest...why timing matters, and how to document your...you take to oppose discrimination or participate in...supporting a coworker's discrimination claim. You're protected...language. Telling HR "I need a modified...