Diversity Management, News and Updates
The family doctor who makes house calls well after he or she closes their practice for the day is a thing of the past. However, in New York State, Premier HealthCare, part of YAI, launched a telehealth program this fall for psychiatry that allows people with disabilities to access quality…
Pennsylvania State Rep. Jim Struzzi, R-Indiana, is trying to stir some momentum behind a bill, known as Cody’s Law, that, if it becomes law, would charge any individual who afflicts bodily harm to a person with a physical or intellectual disability with a second-degree felony. Currently in Pennsylvania, in order…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week announced that it would disperse $131.3 million to local public housing authorities across the country to provide affordable housing to non-elderly people with disabilities. The plan was unveiled during HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s trip to Detroit, where his agency…
Autism Speaks, Special Olympics and Best Buddies have joined forces to launch a new campaign which seeks to not only educate the nation about the low rates of employment for people with disabilities but also promote hiring people with disabilities. The primary object of Delivering Jobs is to “create pathways…
Pete Buttigieg took to BuzzFeed News this weekend to outline in an op-ed what he calls the “most comprehensive and ambitious disability policy plan yet proposed in the 2020 presidential campaign.” Buttigieg is focused on giving people with disabilities greater access to high-paying jobs. He said he plans to work…
The Ruderman Family Foundation discovered a major breakthrough for actors with disabilities. According to the foundation’s recent study, “Disability Inclusion in Movies and Television,” find that half of households “support accurate portrayals of disabled characters and would sign up for a content distributor committed to disabled actors.” Films such as…
For more than 50 years, Northwest Center in Seattle has been the middleman for so many great working relationships between businesses and people with disabilities. Attitudes about people with disabilities were very different in 1965. The low expectation for people with disabilities prevented families from pushing limits in education and…
The U.S. District Court in Georgia reported they found the state negligible when it comes to protecting people with developmental disabilities. The Peach State is not holding up their end of the bargain they made with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the services offered in non-institutional settings to…
Renken Dentistry is giving people with disabilities something to smile about: career opportunities. Josh Renken has owned his practice since 2003 and just last year, after expanding his practice to Texas, instituted a vocational program for people with developmental differences. Inspired by his daughter, who has a developmental difference, this…
Social media companies have left people with disabilities behind when it comes to designing apps. The world of social media can do wonders for people with disabilities. It opens a world of communication that this population have been deprived of. However, with the fad in technology leaning toward flair and…