Anomie Fatale, in a powerchair, maneuvers around the closed sidewalk at the intersection of Port Royal and Henry avenues.
Philly will build or fix 10,000 curb cuts under settlement with disabled residents

The city will build or remediate thousands of curb cuts over the next 15 years.

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Disability Advocates Say The Response To John Fetterman Using Closed Captioning In An Interview As He Recovers From A Stroke Was “Deeply Upsetting” And Stigmatizing

Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, used live transcription during an on-air interview with NBC. Disability advocates say that coverage of the interview has focused narrowly and negatively on the accommodation.

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Social Security benefits to rise by 8.7 percent in 2023

In a response to inflation, the Social Security Administration announced an 8.7 percent increase in benefits checks starting in 2023, including for Supplemental Security Income recipients.

Adult male sitting in a window seat resting his head on his hand, looking contemplative.
He’s been diagnosed with autism. Is it too late to keep his job?

Employees who are neurodivergent often struggle to grasp the unspoken rules of the workplace.

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People with disabilities left out of climate planning

A report released in June from the Disability Inclusive Climate Action Research Program at McGill University and the International Disability Alliance says that only a fraction of the countries signed onto the 2015 Paris Agreement have included people with disabilities in their climate adaptation plans, and none in their climate mitigation plans.