News and Updates
Day 18: Healthcare Inequality
People with disabilities face disadvantages to accessing the healthcare system compared with people without disabilities due to social and environmental inequalities such as lower educational levels, lower incomes, and higher unemployment. An inability to navigate the medical labyrinth of services,…
Day 17: Housing Inequality
Housing insecurity is an issue that disproportionately impacts people from various marginalized groups, of which disability is one. One cannot discuss homelessness and housing insecurity without bringing disability into the conversation. It is estimated that 25% of people who are…
Day 16: Law Enforcement & the Justice System
In the 1970s, the Independent Living Movement worked to get people with disabilities out of institutions and living in their communities. In the 1990s, a criminal reform law was passed that ultimately forced many people with disabilities back into institutions,…
Day 15: Education Inequality
People with disabilities deal with varying levels of stigma, marginalization, and low expectations in all parts of their life; education is no different. Nationally, only 65 percent of students with disabilities graduate from high school compared to 86 percent of…
Day 14: Alternatives to Guardianship
Guardianship is the legal process by which an individual assumes the role of decision-maker for an adult with a disability. Guardianship is a powerful tool that significantly restricts the person’s rights; for that reason, alternatives should be explored and implemented…
Day 13: Marriage Inequality
Many people may think that marriage inequality no longer exists in the United States since the Supreme Court ruled bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional in 2015; however, another form of marriage inequality remains in this country. People with disabilities often…
Day 12: Parenting with a Disability
The journey of parenthood is one that is often described as one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences people will ever have. Unfortunately, this is not always the experience of parents with disabilities, and usually, their disability isn’t the…
Day 11: Subminimum Wage & Sheltered Workshops
Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 as part of the New Deal; one of the Act’s provisions, Section 14 (c), grants special certificates allowing for the employment of workers with disabilities below the federal minimum wage. Many…
Day 10: Income Inequality
People with disabilities have a history of living in poverty and are over-represented in the rates of unemployed Americans. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which has been in existence for over thirty years, provided a pathway for people with…