3 Things That Influence How Disabled People Think About Their Disabilities | Forbes
Issues arise nearly even day that highlight not just the unity of need and ambition among the whole disability community, but the many differences among people with disabilities individually.
What Would RBG Have Said About Caregivers For Aging Parents?| Forbes
The end of the era of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has meaning for many. Trailblazer, fierce advocate for equal rights for women, and icon of dignified feminism, RBG will be deeply missed. Her personal life was an example of a marriage on equal footing for both partners. Her husband Marty did many of the tasks people in that day considered “women’s work”. Likewise, she was doing what many still considered “men’s work”, being a litigator, arguing cases in court. Her history-making work was going on as I was in law school, creating somewhat of a revolution in thinking as women’s rights became the law. It began to change the way people perceived women in all aspects of life and particularly in the workplace. All these decades have passed with laws changing, yet the persistent cultural perception of caregiving for aging loved ones still most often casts women in the role of caregiver.
This woman is making masks more accessible for people with hearing loss | World Economic Forum
Faces half obscured with plain pale blue or colourful fabric have become a familiar sight. On streets, in shops and on public transport, wearing masks has become compulsory in many countries.
The Fight for Accessible Voting During COVID-19 | NAB
The ongoing discussion about #voting and the latest comments form the President are a reminder that our duty as citizens is not a game. In our latest blog penned by our pals at
The American Associatin of People with Disabiliteis learn why people with disabilities have to take voting very seriously.
‘A Failed System’: What It’s Like to Vote With a Disability During a Pandemic | The New York Times
An estimated 38 million eligible voters have disabilities. It has always been hard for them to vote, and this year has brought even more obstacles.
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