Cultivating An Inclusive Work Environment – A Reflection On Disability Independence Day
July 26th is known as Disability Independence Day, an occasion when we proudly celebrate the anniversary of The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA was signed into law thirty-two years ago on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush. The law served to...
How to offer support & belonging to those with invisible disabilities
If you conduct a Google image search for “disability” or “disabled,” you will most likely find pictures of wheelchairs or individuals with prosthetic limbs and walking sticks. While these certainly can be accurate depictions of disability, not all disabilities are so...
Lessons learned in the ‘90s impact our long COVID response
Veterans of disability insurance will likely remember the uncertainty and disruption the industry experienced in the 1990s due to the rise of claims citing functional somatic syndrome (FSS), such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, irritable bowel...