Depression may become so severe that you can no longer go to work. Depression is considered a psychiatric disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It’s a significant mood disorder ...
This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law on July 26, 1990. It declared that inclusion was a civil right, not an afterthought. This past June, at the 35th anniversary of ADA event hosted by ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act always considers bipolar disorder a disability. However, the Social Security Administration sometimes does not. Bipolar disorder can cause significant shifts in ...
When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was ...
This week on the Disabilities Beat, we share where the phrase comes from, what it means and why it's separate from, but ...
For this episode of This Month Matters, digital host Tatyana White sat down with Davina Patterson, Executive Director of ...
When President George Herbert Walker Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on July 26, 1990, we doubt he was thinking about protecting people with disabilities during a ...
The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission came together to publish a disability resource guide, the EEOC announced Tuesday. The release marks 50 years since the ...