By Betsy Kravitz, a Business Development Specialist with the Office of Disability Employment Policy As a person with bipolar disorder, mental illness feels like a balancing act. In order to stay…
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Freedom Resource Center honored our amazing volunteers, people who stand up for disability rights and employers who are supporters of employing people with disabilities. (image description: Freedom Resource Center for…
30 million or more Americans suffer from hearing loss; and this number is growing, due to the prevalence of age-related hearing loss and the aging of the U.S. population. Hearing…
Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living’s mission is to help individuals with disabilities increase their independence so that they are equal and valued participants in society. Meeting and making decisions…
All difficulties in this life, every moment of difficulty, come from the distance between what is and what we want to be. Why is this? Choice Theory explains that when…
Posttraumatic growth is positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event. Although we coined the term posttraumatic growth, the idea that…
A Jacksonville school is accused of punishing special-needs students by putting them in a box made of drywall. The school administration knew about it, teachers used it.” Between August 2011…
How to Dance in Ohio synopsis provided by HBO Documentaries http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/how-to-dance-in-ohio/synopsis.html One in 68 children in America has been diagnosed with autism, a number that has increased tenfold in the…
Adapted from an article written by by Ari Ne’eman Mar 23, 2017. http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/3/22/15026856/ahca-plan-medicaid-cut-hurts-disabled-institutions and By Glenn Howatt and Chris Serres Star Tribune staff writers http://www.startribune.com/services-for-thousands-of-minnesotans-with-disabilities-are-at-stake-as-congress-votes-on-gop-health-bill/416876864/#1 For the past 50 years,…
Summary from an article written by Lauren Appelbaum (see note below) https://themighty.com/2017/03/supreme-court-rules-schools-must-support-students-with-disabilities/ The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in favor of higher educational standards for children with a disability in one of…