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Graduation season is in full swing, and for those with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, traditional barriers still exist in securing employment. Advocates in Iowa say entrepreneurship serves as a good solution. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said nearly 10% of workers with a disability are self-employed, which is higher than the...
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La pandemia ha tenido un impacto devastador en las personas de todo el país. Para las personas con discapacidades, que ya de por si enfrentan mucho aislamiento social, el COVID-19 solo ha exacerbado los desafíos de salud mental. Un estudio reciente encontró que los adultos con discapacidades reportan experimentar más angustia...
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The pandemic has had a devastating impact on people across the country. For people with disabilities, who already face a lot of social isolation to begin with, COVID-19 has only exacerbated mental-health challenges. A recent study found adults with disabilities report experiencing more mental distress than those without disabilities. Dr. Sharon...
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Para Daisy Lopez de Oakland, preparar para su día a Ximena, su hija de cinco años, no es nada fácil. En una mañana reciente, antes de una fiesta de cumpleaños al aire libre en la casa de su madre en San Lorenzo, López verificó el clima para ese día:...
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For Daisy Lopez of Oakland, preparing her five-year-old daughter, Ximena, for a day out is no easy feat. On a recent morning, ahead of an all-day, outdoor birthday party at her mother’s house in San Lorenzo, Lopez checked the weather for the day – temperatures in the 70s to...
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NEW YORK – People living with disabilities have often faced physical obstacles to casting their votes, but their advocates say voting by mail can present a different set of challenges. In every election, people with disabilities have encountered polling places that lack wheelchair ramps or other accommodations. But now,...
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New York, NY – Para las personas que viven con capacidades diferentes, incluso emitir un voto puede representar todo un conjunto nuevo de obstáculos. Comenta Mónica Bartley, organizadora de contacto comunitario en el Centro para la Independencia de las Personas Discapacitadas New York (“Center for Independence of the Disabled...
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Lawsuit Addresses Improved Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities at the Santa Clara County Jails SCC SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA –The Parties to the action Cole v. County of Santa Clara, N.D. Cal No. 5:16-cv-06594 (filed Nov. 2016) have reached an agreement on a Consent Decree to address conditions...
Graduation season is in full swing, and for those with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, traditional barriers still exist in securing employment. Advocates in Iowa say entrepreneurship serves as a good solution. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said nearly 10% of workers with a disability are self-employed, which is higher than the...
La pandemia ha tenido un impacto devastador en las personas de todo el país. Para las personas con discapacidades, que ya de por si enfrentan mucho aislamiento social, el COVID-19 solo ha exacerbado los desafíos de salud mental. Un estudio reciente encontró que los adultos con discapacidades reportan experimentar más angustia...
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on people across the country. For people with disabilities, who already face a lot of social isolation to begin with, COVID-19 has only exacerbated mental-health challenges. A recent study found adults with disabilities report experiencing more mental distress than those without disabilities. Dr. Sharon...
Para Daisy Lopez de Oakland, preparar para su día a Ximena, su hija de cinco años, no es nada fácil. En una mañana reciente, antes de una fiesta de cumpleaños al aire libre en la casa de su madre en San Lorenzo, López verificó el clima para ese día:...
For Daisy Lopez of Oakland, preparing her five-year-old daughter, Ximena, for a day out is no easy feat. On a recent morning, ahead of an all-day, outdoor birthday party at her mother’s house in San Lorenzo, Lopez checked the weather for the day – temperatures in the 70s to...
NEW YORK – People living with disabilities have often faced physical obstacles to casting their votes, but their advocates say voting by mail can present a different set of challenges. In every election, people with disabilities have encountered polling places that lack wheelchair ramps or other accommodations. But now,...
New York, NY – Para las personas que viven con capacidades diferentes, incluso emitir un voto puede representar todo un conjunto nuevo de obstáculos. Comenta Mónica Bartley, organizadora de contacto comunitario en el Centro para la Independencia de las Personas Discapacitadas New York (“Center for Independence of the Disabled...
Lawsuit Addresses Improved Access for Inmates with Mobility Disabilities at the Santa Clara County Jails SCC SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA –The Parties to the action Cole v. County of Santa Clara, N.D. Cal No. 5:16-cv-06594 (filed Nov. 2016) have reached an agreement on a Consent Decree to address conditions...
