Disability

Ableism is the idea that people with disabilities are not typical and are, therefore, inferior. Upon reflection, I have engaged...

A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo provides a groundbreaking look at how advance care planning medical...

Working on a boarding high-school campus, I have the opportunity to be exposed to different students. During my first year,...

Photo Credit: Big Sister Association I am a social work intern at the Big Sister Association of Boston. This is...

For years, permanently injured players have been left to figure out how they will financially support their families and how...

Photo: AP The state of Florida has called for 17,000 volunteers to help out with the post-Irma recovery process, but...

Officer patrols in front of a recent KKK rally in Charlottesville, Va. - Jill Mumie I am currently teaching a...

Autonomy is often used to mean independence. Though their dictionary definitions are similar and they are synonyms of each other, I...

Ryan King, 33, works at Safeway in Northwest Washington. King, who has intellectual disabilities, and his parents want him to...

Actor Sam Claflin played Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker, left paralyzed from an accident. Photo Credit: Movie "Me Befor...

The Presidential Policy Series covers where the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively, stand on healthcare...

If you have a client with a disability or mental illness, he or she may want to apply for Social...

I attended a workshop on accessible employment recently and was reminded, as I've written about before, what a fraught topic...

Colorful shiny jelly set on the dark background Sensory toys, games and activities have so many benefits to children with...

A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare,...

We all do it. See someone new and, within seconds, our brains start making up stories about them. Or we...