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Documenting Achievements When Performance Metrics Don't Capture Your Contributions
Career > Advancement

Documenting Achievements When Performance Metrics Don't Capture Your Contributions

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...or sales numbers, employees with disabilities often face a documentation gap....track. Why Standard Metrics Miss Disability-Related Contributions. Most performance...institutional knowledge creation, or the invisible labor that keeps teams functioning....teams functioning. Employees with disabilities often contribute in ways that...
How to Find Social Groups and Community Programs for People with Disabilities
Social Engagement > Community Living

How to Find Social Groups and Community Programs for People with Disabilities

By Dr. Opal Stenson
...do exist for adults with disabilities are often invisible unless...with disabilities are often invisible unless you know exactly where...Local Chapters. National disability organizations with local chapters...intellectual and developmental disabilities. Local chapters host movie...adults with developmental disabilities. Programming varies by...
Uncovering the Invisible Job Market for Disabled Job Seekers
Career > Interviewing

Uncovering the Invisible Job Market for Disabled Job Seekers

By Liam Richardson
Uncovering the Invisible Job Market for Disabled Job...openings. Attend events for the disability community. You can meet people...can meet people who work at disability-friendly companies. Use LinkedIn...search. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination....search help for people with disabilities. A few examples: ...
Short Takes on the Disabilities: What is Dyslexia?
Special Needs > Dyslexia

Short Takes on the Disabilities: What is Dyslexia?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
Dyslexia is an invisible disability. It is caused by a difference in brain... Dyslexia is an invisible disability. It is caused by a difference in brain structure...school or at work could be a clue to this hidden disability. The severity of these symptoms vary from person...
Employee Resource Groups and Disability Advocacy as Career Tools
Career > Advancement

Employee Resource Groups and Disability Advocacy as Career Tools

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...gap in the product launch. That's disability advocacy. Most of the time it's invisible...advocacy. Most of the time it's invisible labor that earns you nothing but...Community. An Employee Resource Group for disability inclusion provides community and...it also provides something most disability advocates don't think to claim: a...
SNAP Is Cutting Benefits for Thousands on May 1. Here's What Disability Families Need to Do Before the Deadline.
Financial > Government Benefits

SNAP Is Cutting Benefits for Thousands on May 1. Here's What Disability Families Need to Do Before the Deadline.

By Oliver Smith
...approved activities. For disability households, this deadline...practice for people with invisible disabilities like autism,...people with invisible disabilities like autism, chronic...COVID. If you have a disability and you haven't already...deadline means, what the disability exemption covers, and...another reason (pregnancy, disability, student status, caring...
LinkedIn for Job Seekers with Disabilities: Profile Optimization and Networking
Career > Finding Jobs

LinkedIn for Job Seekers with Disabilities: Profile Optimization and Networking

By Oliver Bennett
...engine, and if you're not optimized for it, you're invisible to the people actively looking to hire. For job...actively looking to hire. For job seekers with disabilities, LinkedIn presents a specific set of strategic...make you discoverable, whether to disclose a disability on your profile, and how to build a professional...
When to Step Back: Balancing Support with Independence
Lifestyle > Independence

When to Step Back: Balancing Support with Independence

By Nora Bloom
...habit. Somewhere in that shift, your child stopped trying. This is the invisible threshold every parent of a child with special needs crosses without realizing...published in Developmental Psychology tracked 240 children with developmental disabilities across 18 months. Researchers found that children whose parents completed...
Addressing Visible Disabilities in Interviews: Proactive Disclosure Strategies
Career > Interviewing

Addressing Visible Disabilities in Interviews: Proactive Disclosure Strategies

By Liam Richardson
...can't walk into an interview room invisibly when you use a wheelchair, have a...cane. The interviewer sees your disability before you say a word. Non-disclosure...interview advice won't say: when your disability is obvious, the interviewer is thinking...the first mention, you frame the disability as something practical to address...
Medication Reminders with Alexa and Google Home for Adults with Disabilities
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants

Medication Reminders with Alexa and Google Home for Adults with Disabilities

By Leonard Thompson
...separate strategy covers the tracking. That limitation matters for some disabilities and not for others. If you need the reminder but can track adherence...yourself (or don't need tracking), voice assistants work. If missed doses are invisible to you without external tracking, you'll need to pair the voice reminder...
The Invisible Child: Supporting Siblings of Kids with Special Needs
Health > Mental Health

The Invisible Child: Supporting Siblings of Kids with Special Needs

By Lily Matthews
...consistently identify higher mental health risks for siblings of children with disabilities. They experience depression and anxiety at rates comparable to children...situations. Behavioral problems emerge more frequently. And many report feeling invisible in their own homes. The emotional experiences of these siblings are complex...
Book Excerpt: Easy to Love, but Hard to Raise
Parenting > School Years

Book Excerpt: Easy to Love, but Hard to Raise

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...of essays from the parents of children with "invisible" but very real disabilities. As these parents...parents of children with "invisible" but very real disabilities. As these parents share their stories, a sense...support network for parents of children with invisible special needs. Below is an essay titled "Dominoes"...

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