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Career > Discrimination
Disparate Impact and Disability: When Neutral Policies Discriminate
...happens when a workplace policy that applies equally to everyone has a disproportionate negative effect on people with disabilities. The policy doesn't single...employment practice or policy Statistical evidence that the policy disproportionately excludes or harms people with disabilities The policy isn't job-related...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Stereotyping and Bias: Challenging Assumptions About Your Abilities
...Common patterns include: The surprise response. When you demonstrate competence, colleagues react with visible surprise or offer congratulations disproportionate to the task. You finish a standard report and someone calls it "inspiring." This frames ordinary work performance as exceptional based solely...
Social Engagement > Dating and Relationships
Sexuality Education for People with Disabilities: Why It Matters and Where to Find It
...intellectual and developmental disabilities improved their understanding of healthy relationships by 22%. That matters because people with IDD face disproportionate rates of sexual abuse compared to the general population, often because they've never been taught what consent looks like or how to recognize...
Parenting > The Early Years
Taming a Monster Child
...frequent temper tantrums (meltdowns), argue excessively with anyone who dares challenge their misbehavior, respond to even the slightest insult with disproportionate anger and aggression, simmer with resentment, and are often driven to exact revenge for any perceived transgression. Children with oppositional...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
What is Angelman Syndrome?
...personality — frequent smiling or laughter, general happy disposition, hypermotoric behavior Other symptoms seen frequently include delayed or disproportionate head circumference or microcephaly, seizures usually onset before 3 years of age, and abnormal EEG. Other possible signs include protruding tongue,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Learning Disabilties and the Juvenile Justice System: Some Food for Thought
...know how to make a mitigating case on your behalf, considering the nature of your impairments. Research will support the notion that there is a disproportionately high rate of youth with learning disabilities and/or ADHD that come into contact with the juvenile justice system. Prevalence estimates vary...
Lifestyle > Relationships
Protecting a Special Marriage
...does impact the relationship in a very powerful way," says Bernstein. Though unsure if anyone has an exact number, she does say the number is disproportionately high for parents of children with special needs. Bernstein does have a few tips to help "beat the odds": Make a plan for your marriage....
Career > Discrimination
Disability Pay Gap: Why Disabled Workers Earn Less and How to Close the Gap
...cause. It's the product of several overlapping factors, each compounding the others. Occupational Segregation. Workers with disabilities are disproportionately concentrated in industries and roles with lower average wages. The concentration reflects limited access to higher-paying fields where physical...