What Do You Know About Disability Cultural Competence?
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
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New Analysis: More U.S. Adults Identify as Disabled; Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist
A new analysis led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers finds that the number of U.S. adults who report they have...
Zoom Differentiation and Accommodations
Though virtual learning is seemingly becoming less commonplace across the country, it's still certainly around and likely will be for...
What “Bachelor in Paradise” Can Teach us About Empowering the Disability Community
Are you a fan of "Bachelor in Paradise?" Whether you realize it or not, this season of the “Bachelor” franchise...
Unpacking the Historical Relationship of Racism and Ableism
A key part of anti-racist social work practice is engaging in the art of reflection as we consider the person...
Sexual Education & Disability: Why it Should Matter to Social Workers
What do you get when you mix the taboo nature of discussing sexual intimacy with the social stigma surrounding intellectual...
On the Inherent Ableism in Thinking You’re a Good Teacher
I taught special education in a sub-separate classroom for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I’ve also worked as a...
Case Study: Reasonable Accommodation in Social Work
The social work field is often full of situations that are not straight forward. On a Reddit social media post,...
Unlearning Ableism, a Social Worker’s Duty
Becoming a social worker is never how I expected my career path to go. I always admired what they did...
Recognizing Ableism’s Link to Racism
These days, many social workers are pretty clear that anti-racism is something they need to consistently work on in their...
Black Disabled Lives Matter and How Social Workers Need to Address Structural Ableism
Conversations about police violence are happening all over the world from the killing of Mr. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob...
Tourette Association of America marks National Tourette Awareness Month with Engaging Virtual Events and Activities
Tourette Association of America via Facebook The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette...
New White Paper Provides Triage Blueprint for COVID-19 Pandemic to Protect People with Disabilities
The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading disability rights organization, published a new white paper which offers recommendations to help health...
How Universities Can Better Support Student Caregivers
More than half of family caregivers are between the ages of 18 and 49 years old – and as the...
Four Ways Neurodiversity Holds the Key to the Future of Special Education
For ages, special education has been developing on its own, together with the development of ordinary education. It emphasizes...
How Reflecting on My Choice to do Prenatal Tests Made Me a Better Social Worker
My professor asked me to reflect on the ways in which I have engaged in ableism as a social work...
On Stacking Books in the Library, and Undoing My Own Ableism
My first job right out of high school was working in a public library. I was one of three library...
Let People Who are Non-Verbal Communicate in their Own Way: A Social Work Challenge
While working at a disability group home agency, I came to know“ Jane,” a person with Rett Syndrome. Jane was...
Language Is Power: Two Things You Need to Know for Practice with Disabled People
Did you know that over one fifth of the United States population has an impairment that leads to a disability? Given...
Scottish Journal For Residential Care: Final Call for Views and Experiences of Disability
The Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (SJRCC) is inviting submissions for a special themed issue on disability to be...
