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By Andrew Milne The future of work will largely be the future of care work. Health care is rapidly becoming the largest employer in the U.S., expanding to serve the fastest growing demographic, aging...
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By Christopher A. Riddle Remote work meaningfully facilitates inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market. But, to truly fulfill its promise, employers must also take steps to ensure that...
View ArticleFostering Mentally Healthier Workplaces via Disability Advocacy: COVID-Era...
By Zachary F. Murguía Burton Can employers foster mentally healthier workplaces via theater? Here, I discuss a mental health advocacy and inclusivity initiative built around a theatrical production,...
View ArticleInjustice Anywhere: The Need to Decouple Disability and Productivity
By Brooke Ellison There is a profound need to deconstruct and actively reconstruct the interpretation of disability as it is currently understood. The current framing of disability as inability —...
View ArticleWorkplace Accommodations in a Post-COVID Era
By Scott J. Schweikart The silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has opened the door to new opportunities to improve our society. For example, office changes brought about by the pandemic —...
View ArticleRe-Imagining Work in the Post-Pandemic Era: An Arendtian Lens
By Xochitl L. Mendez The coronavirus pandemic changed the world in countless ways, and for a moment it challenged the pre-pandemic separation of — in Hannah Arendt’s terms — the Private and the Public....
View ArticleProviding Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards...
By Jennifer Bard One of the most persistently frustrating aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as currently applied to schools and workplaces, is its emphasis on the eligibility of...
View ArticleLong COVID and Physical Reductionism
By Leslie Francis and Michael Ashley Stein Like plaintiffs with other conditions lacking definitive physiological markers, long COVID plaintiffs seeking disability anti-discrimination law protections...
View ArticleMobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired...
By Marissa Wagner Mery Long COVID exposes an often-unacknowledged facet of disability: that one is far more likely to develop a disability than be born with one. Estimates suggest that, at present,...
View ArticleAdoptee Rights and Adoption Annulment
By Gregory Luce Annulling or legally ending an adoption is not a new concept, but it has rarely applied to the benefit of adopted people. Instead, informal practices, as well as specific legal...
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