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A Dental Appointment Shouldn’t Be This Difficult
For many families raising children with developmental disabilities, finding a dentist can become a challenge long before anyone sits in a dental chair. Parents often describe making call after call, explaining that their child has autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or an intellectual disability and asking whether a provider can accommodate sensory sensitivities, communication challenges,…
Disabled Workers Are Ready, Are Employers?
CW: Ableism Thousands of disabled people across the UK are set to be offered a fast-tracked job as part of the government’s Jobs Guarantee scheme. Earlier this year, an interim report by Alan Milburn revealed that 45 percent of young people in the UK who were neither in education, employment, nor training reported having a…
When the Complaints Stop Coming Back
CW: Discrimination Felicita Piñón is an eighth grader living with cerebral palsy. In 2024, Felicita wanted to join a cheerleading team at her middle school in Crowley, Texas, but her mother, Liz Piñón, learned that the school wasn’t willing to provide accommodations. She felt like that was discrimination. Piñón knew that there were other nearby…
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