Language-Based Learning Disability (LBLD) refers to a group of disorders that affect an individual’s ability to communicate effectively through language. This disability often hinders skills like ...
There is a great deal of stigma surrounding people with intellectual disability. This can result in discriminatory actions and attitudes towards people with intellectual disability on both a personal ...
JOE SHAPIRO, INVESTIGATIONS, NPR: My name is Joe Shapiro. I'm a correspondent at NPR. I work on the Investigations unit, but I've had a long interest in disability issues. I've been writing about this ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Disability activism is empowering. For some disabled people ...
Some employers, particularly small businesses, told us that they would have liked to do more to hire and retain employees with disability and older employees, but were time-poor and had limited ...
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Ableism: Challenging assumptions about disability

Ableism often arises from assumptions about what disability “looks like.” Seeing someone pushing a wheelchair instead of sitting in it might lead others to assume there is nothing wrong with the ...
The term ‘disability’ includes a wide range of conditions. Within Irish Equality Legislation, disability is broadly defined to include people with physical, intellectual, sensory, learning and/or ...