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Celebrating Black Disability Activists: Honoring History, Empowering Voices, Inspiring Action
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Black people with disabilities often face unfair treatment because of both their race and their disability. Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced the idea of intersectionality to explain how having more than one marginalized identity can create unique challenges. This blog highlights eight Black disability activists who are making a difference in their communities and beyond. By recognizing their work, we hope to educate, inspire, and encourage more Black people with disabilities to speak up for themselves and others. When Black disabled voices are heard, barriers can be broken, and the world can become fairer for everyone.
Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers with Disabilities Using Wheelchairs
Friday, January 17, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has implemented new protections for individuals with disabilities in commercial air travel. These measures are designed to ensure passengers with disabilities can fly safely and with dignity.
How to Request a Work Accommodation
Monday, December 16, 2024
Learn how to request a reasonable accommodation, how much information you need to provide your employer, and what to do if your request is denied.
Disability and Sexual Violence Awareness
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
People with disabilities are often left out of discussions regarding sexual violence and bodily autonomy. In this blog, we discuss the prevalence of this type of violence committed against people with disabilities and some of the societal factors that contribute to the perpetuation of this violence and the silencing of disabled victims and survivors. We end the blog with a call to action for service providers to engage in discussions on this topic like we are.
Competitive Integrated Employment: A Workplace Where We All Thrive
Monday, August 26, 2024
Everyone deserves to have a fulfilling professional life, and that includes people with disabilities. However, achieving this is not always straightforward. Employees with disabilities often face unfair working conditions, and many are even forced to work in places called sheltered workshops, where they are isolated from co-workers without disabilities or paid less than minimum wage. This isolation is discouraging for workers with disabilities and results in employers missing out on the unique knowledge and talents they have to offer.
What are Social Security Overpayments?
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
To protect your finances and avoid issues with Social Security, read our blog to learn about what overpayments are, the Social Security Administration’s new plan to address improper payments, and how to lessen the impact of overpayments, and how you can be ready if an overpayment happens.
Voting with a Disability
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
As a voter with a disability in Florida, you have the right to fully participate in our democracy. Your voice matters, and there are many resources available to help you exercise your right to vote. Let's explore some key information about voting with disabilities in Florida.
The P&A Network’s Special Power: Access Authority
Friday, June 21, 2024
Following a series of TV broadcasts about Willowbrook State School, the government created the Protection & Advocacy (P&A) network and gave these agencies like ours the power thoroughly investigate places that people with disabilities receive services.
How to Use Easy Language
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Easy Language, sometimes called Plain Language, means writing and providing information in short, simple ways. People need information in a way that is easy to understand. When we write things in ways that are hard to understand, we can exclude people. This blog teaches you how to write using Easy Language.
Resources for Parents with Disabilities
Monday, April 08, 2024
Whether you have a visible disability, invisible disability, chronic illness, or other health issues, being a parent with a disability is possible. In fact, there are lots of parents with disabilities. The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities found that there are over 4.4 million parents who have a disability.
Navigating Medicaid Fair Hearings
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Have your Medicaid services or programs been cut or new requests denied? If so, you need to know about Medicaid Fair Hearings.
Disability History: The Wheels of Justice March & Capitol Crawl
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
March 12, 2024, marks the 34th anniversary of the Wheel of Justice Campaign and Capitol Crawl. These powerful demonstrations forced non-disabled people and the United States government to bear witness to the barriers that the disability community faced and pass the ADA.
The History and Impact of the P&A Network
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The Protection & Advocacy (P&A) network plays a crucial role in advocating for the rights and well-being of individuals with disabilities across the United States. There are 57 P&A agencies – one in each USA state and territory, including one that serves Native Americans with disabilities. The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is our membership organization located in Washington, DC that helps give us a voice nationally. NDRN promotes, advocates and supports the work of all 57 P&A agencies.
Disability is Not a Bad Word: Why ‘Unique Abilities’ Isn’t as Nice as it Sounds
Friday, December 08, 2023
Members of the disability community experience very real barriers, oppression, and discrimination daily. That fact cannot and should not be swept under the rug of comforting euphemisms.
Highlighting Deaf & Disabled Native American Artists & Activists
Monday, November 06, 2023
November is Native American Heritage Month. Tune in throughout November 2023 to learn about some incredible Deaf, disabled, and chronically ill Native leaders, artists, and activists who are Indigenous to or currently residing in the United States.