Experts suggest keeping at least six months’ worth of living expenses in a separate account, to be used strictly for ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Living with a disability means you often struggle to do what most people would consider “normal” things. You have to get used ...

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A 20-something today has a one in four chance of becoming disabled before retirement, according to the Social Security Administration. While Social Security disability benefits can help, the average ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we recognize Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law. This ...

While there are significant barriers to receiving mental health care for some people with disabilities, research also shows that this care can improve their overall quality of life. In 2020 alone, ...

In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on the Greek Island of Santorini. She didn't drink enough water and when she returned to her cruise ship, she felt dizzy and nauseated. She thought ...

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet famously asks, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” She wonders how the name someone has can define them, ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

Recently, the Northeast Indiana Disability Advocacy Coalition co-sponsored a mayoral town hall that focused on disability issues. The reason for this town hall was simple: Disability issues are ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...