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Career > Finding Jobs
Workplace Readiness Skills: Soft Skills Employers Want
...come down to them. Employers hire based on soft skills, and that gap is something many job seekers with disabilities don't learn until after the rejection. Workplace readiness skills are the interpersonal and self-management competencies that predict job performance: communication, teamwork, time management,...
News > Education
New Hampshire's Open Enrollment Bill Would Force Schools to Accept Students with Disabilities. Here's What Families with IEPs and 504 Plans Need to Know.
...advancing an open enrollment bill that would prohibit school districts from rejecting transfer students based on disability status and require receiving districts...practice in most states, where cost ambiguity creates an easy excuse for rejection. The National Data Shows a Pattern. Wisconsin rejected 40% of open enrollment...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Through Rejection I learned Acceptance
...discard. A person or thing that has been rejected. When you have experienced rejection first-hand, there is no need for a dictionary definition, as you know exactly...definition, as you know exactly how it feels. Being on the receiving end of rejection can be the cruelest act you can experience and, in my case, it led to severe...
Career > Interviewing
Interview Debriefing: Learning from Unsuccessful Interviews
You didn't get the job. The rejection email was polite and vague. You're...candidates move on without asking. Rejection stings, and requesting feedback feels...hiring managers to send standardized rejection language without specifics. That...within 24–48 hours of receiving the rejection. Hiring managers remember details...
Career > Accommodations
Accommodation Denial Appeals: Next Steps When Your Request Is Rejected
...accommodation request. You submitted medical documentation, explained why you need the accommodation, and followed the process. Now you're staring at a rejection letter that doesn't explain much beyond "not feasible" or "undue hardship." A denial isn't the end. You have options, and the path forward depends...
Education > Special Education
Trump Budget Proposes Eliminating Special Education and Disability Programs. Here's What Families Can Do.
...supported employment services, these cuts would directly affect your family. Congress said no to most of these proposals in FY2026. The bipartisan rejection provides a roadmap for families advocating now. What Programs Are Being Eliminated. The proposed budget consolidates or eliminates dedicated funding...
Lifestyle > Independence
Emergency Response Skills: When and How to Call 911
...unconscious, having trouble breathing, bleeding heavily, or having a seizure that doesn't stop. Chest pain. A fall where the person can't get up. Allergic reactions with swelling or difficulty breathing. Fire or gas: Smoke you can't find the source of. Flames. The smell of gas. Safety threats: Someone breaking...
Lifestyle > Independence
When to Step Back: Balancing Support with Independence
Learn when help stops enabling growth and starts creating dependence, with research-backed signals and a gradual reduction framework.
News > Advocacy
Colorado Is Halving Paid Family Caregiver Hours. Ohio and Pennsylvania Are Next. What Families on Medicaid Waivers Need to Do Now.
...income. "The finances that we would need to just maintain would be gone." Colorado is the first state to publish an exact timeline for caregiver hour reductions. Ohio and Pennsylvania have signaled similar cuts are coming by mid-2026. Indiana is following. This isn't a local budget problem. It's the result...
Legal > Government Benefits
What to Do If Your Child's Disability Benefits Are Denied
The denial letter arrives and the first reaction is panic. Your child's SSI or SSDI benefits have been denied, and you're not sure what happens next or whether you can fix it. The answer is yes,...
Career > Finding Jobs
Networking Events for Professionals with Disabilities: Finding Accessible Opportunities
...networking events promise accessibility. Many don't deliver. You arrive to find the venue has steps, the breakout rooms lack captioning, or the networking reception assumes everyone can hear in a crowded bar. The gap between stated policy and actual practice isn't theoretical when it costs you a day of work and...
Career > Discrimination
Disability-Based Demotion: Loss of Responsibilities Due to Accommodation Requests
...Without a Title Change. Most people think a demotion requires a pay cut or a new job title, but the EEOC defines it more broadly: any significant reduction in job duties, responsibilities, or opportunities for advancement. If your role has been diminished in ways that affect your career trajectory, earning...