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Research > Funding
Private Foundations Funding Disability Research: A Guide for Advocates and Families
...investment decisions on disability research. This lag reflects institutional blind spots, not active avoidance. Small patient populations don't generate the donor urgency that cancer or heart disease do. Academic prestige doesn't cluster around disability research the way it does around oncology trials. The result...
News > Advocacy
Survivor host Jeff Probst Speaks Out for Organ Donation
...Gift Foundation and made it their mission to re-gift life through providing a way for others to hear their story and to sign up to become an organ donor. Proud Spokespersons for Organ Donation Over the years, I've had the honor to interview Todd as well as Taylor's Gift celebrity spokesperson Alex...
Health > Alternative Medicine
An Unusual Way to Ensure Your Babies' Health
...into other kinds of cells to help repair blood vessels, organs, and tissues. A transfusion of blood stem cells from the umbilical cord of a healthy donor helps in creating new cells for the immune system, providing the patient a greater chance of recovery. Currently, there are more than 70 diseases treated...
Education > Early Intervention
Natural Learning Environments in Early Intervention: Why Your Child's Therapy Happens at Home
...watch lunch. Nothing about that first hour matches what therapy is supposed to look like. There is no clinic room, no table of exercises, no closed door with your child behind it. There is your kitchen, your toddler throwing a spoon, and a professional taking notes while you handle it. Home visits are...
News > Advocacy
Illinois Lawmakers Sent the Governor a Bill Requiring Private Equity to Disclose Disability Group Home Purchases
When an investment firm buys the company that runs your adult son's group home, nothing on the building changes. Same address, same front door, often the same staff for a while. The purchase agreement is private, the new owner's plans are private, and in most states no one is required to tell...
Financial > Government Benefits
When SSI and SSDI Benefits Can Run at the Same Time
...nothing in either program says you have to choose. What determines whether you get both is the size of your SSDI check. Why a Small SSDI Check Opens the Door to SSI. SSDI payments are based on your earnings history. If you worked steadily for two decades before becoming disabled, your monthly benefit reflects...
Parenting > Adulthood
Job Coaches for Young Adults with Disabilities: How They Help and How to Access Them
...waitlist, or you got a letter saying your child doesn't meet the current eligibility order of selection, and the job starts Monday. VR is not the only door into job coaching, and it's not always the right one for your family's timeline. There are three other paths worth knowing before you assume the job...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Managing Fireworks Anxiety in Children with Autism: Preparation and Coping Strategies
Your child covers their ears when a door slams too hard. A motorcycle backfire sends them into full meltdown. July 4th is three weeks away, and you're already anticipating the worst night of...
Career > Skills Training
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
Customer service roles open the door to entry-level employment across retail, hospitality, call centers, and front-desk...or communication disabilities, those requirements can feel like a closed door. But they aren't. Customer service skills are teachable, and the path from...
Career > Skills Training
Apprenticeships and On-the-Job Training for People with Disabilities
...these programs must accommodate you. Understanding how that works makes the difference between staying on the outside looking in and walking through the door. What a Registered Apprenticeship Is. A registered apprenticeship is approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. You work for an employer sponsor while...
Career > Interviewing
Accessible Interview Locations: What to Request and What Employers Must Provide
...what you can ask for without torpedoing your chances before you walk in the door. You can ask for a lot more than you think. Under the ADA, employers can't...providing an alternative. "Accessible" doesn't just mean a ramp at the front door. It means: Wheelchair-accessible entrance with no steps or a working elevator...
Career > Finding Jobs
Federal Government Hiring Programs for People with Disabilities: Schedule A Appointments
...layers can feel like a wall rather than a process. Schedule A exists to address that directly, not by lowering the bar, but by offering a different door into federal employment altogether. If you've heard "Schedule A federal hiring" mentioned and weren't sure whether it applied to you or how to pursue...