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Lifestyle > Self-Care
Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities
...intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are five times...likely to delay or forgo mental health care due to cost...than adults without disabilities. The barrier isn't the...with IDD face higher mental health costs aren't...individuals with developmental disabilities or apply restrictive...training in intellectual disabilities are in short supply....
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...includes ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community Supports...(ICS) for people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities. Matthew Barry's daughter was receiving full-time...assistance for people with spinal cord injuries and disabilities). DHS terminated funding to five of his seven...
Career > Interviewing
Addressing Visible Disabilities in Interviews: Proactive Disclosure Strategies
...obvious, the interviewer is thinking about it the moment you enter. They're wondering if they need to adjust the setup. They're running through their mental checklist of what they can and can't ask. Some are uncomfortable. Some are overcompensating. You can't make that disappear. What you can do is acknowledge...
Career > Interviewing
Handling Illegal Interview Questions About Disability
...they're crossing a line. But they're illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and you don't have to answer them. Here's what employers cannot ask...accommodation? What's your medical diagnosis? Have you ever been hospitalized for a mental health condition? The rule is simple: if the question is about your body,...
Career > Advancement
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Accommodations
...disability standard is the same as workplace accommodations: a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities....dyslexia, visual or hearing impairments, chronic health conditions, mobility disabilities, anxiety disorders, and other conditions qualify if they meet that threshold....
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...this situation. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't only protect people...only protect people with permanent disabilities. It covers temporary conditions that...defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits...migraines that flare unpredictably, and mental health crises that require short-term...
Education > Special Education
IEP Services Can't Be Cut by a Budget Crisis. Here's How to Hold Your School Accountable.
...Education). That obligation is federal law, written into the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and it doesn't bend for funding pressure. This matters...data shows 80% of school leaders expect staff layoffs, 70% anticipate mental health service cuts, and 62% foresee reductions in assistive technology...
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...accommodations for students with documented disabilities. This includes learning disabilities,...disabilities. This includes learning disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental...learning disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic...disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health...
Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Accessing Adaptive Sports Equipment: Grants and Funding Sources for Families
...consistently show that adaptive sports participation improves physical health, mental health, and peer connection for kids with disabilities. But "improves quality...improves physical health, mental health, and peer connection for kids with disabilities. But "improves quality of life" doesn't meet the medical necessity threshold...
Research > Brain Science
How Executive Function Shapes Learning: What Parents Need to Know About the Brain Science Behind Reading, Math, and Organization
...using it, block out irrelevant distractions, and shift between different mental tasks. When these systems develop differently or more slowly, as they do...slowly, as they do in ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning disabilities, the result isn't a lack of effort. It's a neurodevelopmental difference...
News > Employment
How to Get a Federal Job with a Disability: A Complete Guide to Schedule A Hiring
...many people with disabilities, they also offer...people with certain disabilities outside the standard...Intellectual disabilities, including developmental...including developmental disabilities Severe physical...Severe physical disabilities: conditions that...activities Psychiatric disabilities: mental health conditions...Psychiatric disabilities: mental health conditions...
News > Advocacy
How to Request Workplace Accommodations Under the ADA Without Risking Your Job
...reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Your employer can't retaliate against you...Under the ADA. The ADA protects employees with disabilities who work for employers with 15 or more employees....workers. A disability under the ADA is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more...