The policy amendment has been applauded for moving towards workplace equality. But it still raises some concerns in relation to people with disabilities.
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The crisis has intensified existing vulnerabilities for people with disabilities, who face extreme barriers to evacuation, aid, and medical treatment.
More than half of working-age adults over 50 with a work-limiting disability didn’t receive any benefits from Social Security in 2016.
It is estimated that more than 8,000 French citizens with disabilities currently live in Belgium. For many parents, placing their children in foreign institutions is not so much a choice as the only alternative they have.
If hospitals know a person has an intellectual disability, they can tailor communication and care to improve their treatment and health outcomes.
Rather than presenting a disability as an obstacle, life writing can explore the joys, frustrations and creativity of living with disability or Deafness.
One interviewee told us: ‘It would’ve been lovely if somebody had cared.’
Canadians with disabilities often have little to nothing left after paying for food, shelter and other living expenses. We need policies that target the root causes of their inequality.
Sport and other physical activity is vital to the developing bodies and minds of children; for those with disabilities it can be hard to access and is yet even more important.
A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.
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Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability, Participation and Knowledge Translation, and Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, McGill University
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, University of British Columbia
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Academic, University of Johannesburg
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Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
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Professor, Medicine and Health, UNSW
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Postdoctoral researcher in anthropology and social science , Université de Liège
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW
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Associate professor, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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PhD student, economic opportunities for people with autism, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University