By Rebecca Sohn, STAT News
For Abby Williard, school always felt like a slog. Growing up in a small town in central Pennsylvania, Williard couldn’t seem to complete her schoolwork or stop daydreaming in class. Although she has anxiety and depression, she felt like something else was at play. Continue reading On a limb: Despite resistance, a group of researchers is investigating the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Connect with #a11y leaders and discuss solutions and innovations that will advance the lives of seniors and users of all abilities at #menablingbriefing21- April 21! Continue reading M-Enabling Virtual Leadership
By Blake Harper, Yahoo! Life
In an interview with Sunday Today’s Willie Geist, actress Amanda Seyfried spoke candidly about how she has experienced panic attacks and the toll they have taken on her. Continue reading Amanda Seyfried opens up about panic attacks: ‘It feels like life or death’
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Chef Regina Mitchell’s Zoom cooking class begins like a lot of Zooms: friendly banter, reminders to mute here, some technical adjustments there. A few minutes after the 4:30 p.m. start time, there are about 20 people on the call. The menu for tonight: a vegetable stir-fry and a lemongrass-ginger soda.
Continue reading Chefs and cooks in the disability community share recipes for accessibility
By Steven Aquino, Forbes
In a blog post published Tuesday, TikTok announced auto-captions. The goal is to make the service more accessible to those in the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. “Inclusivity is important because when people feel included, they’re more comfortable expressing themselves and engaging with their community. Continue reading TikTok Makes Videos More Inclusive Of And Accessible To Deaf People With New Auto Captions Feature
By Capital City College Group, FE News
A student with autism has revealed how creating an animated short film at college to promote race and gender equality helped him to cope with the condition. Continue reading Autistic student creates film on race and gender equality
By Janine Bowen, NC State University College of Education News
Only 36% of students with autism enter into a postsecondary institution, compared to 75% of their neurotypical peers, and students with autism have some of the lowest rates of unemployment among individuals with disabilities. However, students with autism who do attend college are more likely than their peers to earn a STEM workforce credential and enter into a corresponding career. Continue reading Assistant Professor Jamie Pearson to Help Prepare Students with Autism for STEM Careers Through Work on $1.3M Grant-funded Project
BY GIANNA CACCIATORE
Master’s student David Liebmann works to build awareness of the elevated threat level of climate change for people with disabilities.
Climate change threatens all of us. But for those of us living with a disability — an estimated 15% of the global population — the threat, compounded by discrimination, marginalization, and other pre-existing inequalities, is even greater.
Continue reading The Intersection of Disability and Climate Change
By Ruth Etiesit Samuel
The celebration of Black history is a 12-month affair. However, year after year, Black disabled history has been excluded and erased from annual February discussions. Trailblazing African American women such as Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer and more have been lauded for their accomplishments and political activism, but their disabilities — and the importance of its visibility — is often overlooked.
BY COLLIN BINKLEY, U.S. News
The U.S. Education Department is canceling student debt for more than 40,000 Americans who were previously granted loan forgiveness because of disabilities but later had their debt reinstated after they failed to submit certain paperwork, the agency announced Monday. Continue reading US Eases Student Loan Relief for Those With Disabilities
