When people talk about diversity and inclusion, they often forget one of the most underrepresented groups in the workforce: individuals with intellectual disabilities. People living with severe autism ...
The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and ...
Despite what President Trump said at a press conference Thursday — "They can be air traffic controllers" — that's not how disability hiring works, says Chai Feldblum, a disability lawyer and former ...
On Jan. 14, 2024, Fox News and the New York Post, among others, ran a story that not-so-subtly tried to link a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident — in which a Boeing 737 Max 9 lost a plug door mid-flight ...
Our current healthcare system is leaving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) behind. Across the United States, people with IDD—particularly adults—struggle to access primary ...
Despite the rise of people diagnosed with autism, explicit training for law enforcement to respond to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is still rare. Misunderstandings between ...
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new business in Gallatin is closing a gap in care for adults with intellectual disabilities. My Happy Place is a new day center offering care for adults with intellectual ...
Meet 2024 Veterans in Business honoree Myra Fields-Rouse, veterans initiative manager at Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services. Myra Fields-Rouse veteran initiatives ...
No, the Federal Aviation Administration did not recruit people with intellectual disabilities to work as air traffic controllers. Despite what President Trump said at a press conference Thursday — ...