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Tag: National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Businessman holding a document and pen, has questions to agreement conditions, unsure about signing the contract.
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Boss Tells Autistic Employee Major Problem Is “No Problem”

by Jeremy EinbinderOctober 31, 2026October 31, 2026
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Senior business woman, employer holding resume listening young candidate at job interview. Group of business people talking, meeting, sharing ideas in modern office. Human resources concept
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Interviewer Voluntarily Discloses Discrimination

by Bea MienikOctober 23, 2026October 23, 2026
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Girl looking at her colleague with love in her eyes while he is talking
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Quiz: Are They Flirting or Providing Legally Mandated Accommodations?

by Sy HoekstraOctober 15, 2026October 15, 2026
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Job Placement Service Provides Disabled People Everything Except Jobs

by Anton SpivackAugust 15, 2026August 15, 2026
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Culture

Oompa Loompas File Class Action ADA Suit Against Wonka Corporation 

by MV PerryMarch 26, 2026March 26, 2026
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a blind man sits on a couch next to a woman in an office
Local

Blind Man Keeps Pronouncing Coworkers’ Names Like His Screen Reader Does

by Sy HoekstraMarch 5, 2026March 13, 2026
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Help! I Am Too Good at Masking and Now My Coworkers Think We’re Friends

by odessamjacksonFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026
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Young unemployed jobless woman sitting at home hoping for easy money and quick cash earnings from internet, work online for passive income paid surveys website surfing click for cash affiliate program
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We Decided Which Disabilities Justify Unemployment, and Which Are Just Excuses, You Lazy, Ungrateful Brat

by Steven VerdileNovember 7, 2025August 22, 2026
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Awkward conversation among coworkers - man thinks he's funny, but the woman is shocked - candid image of real people in New Zealand, NZ
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Question Posed to Autistic Person Wasn’t Really Question

by Jeremy EinbinderNovember 6, 2025November 6, 2025
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Holiday

Nestlé Touts Self As Number One Employer Of Disabled Children

by Nate WoogenOctober 30, 2025October 30, 2025
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Powerful CEO Doesn’t Let Her Disability Stop Her From Denying Employees’ PTO Requests

by Max KerwienOctober 9, 2025September 26, 2025
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Holiday

Celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month by Venmoing Me Money

by jeromepalliserOctober 1, 2025September 7, 2025
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SHORTS

  • Man Does Disability Simulation to Empathize With People Who Have Also Done Disability Simulation
    “I never knew how hard pretending to need a wheelchair for a day would be!”
  • Woman Makes 30 Diagnoses Under 30 List
    “The only advice I can give it to keep grinding away at those doctor’s appointments.”
  • Accessible Arby’s Forces Dilemma Of Whether To Eat At Arby’s
    Just because you can access it, doesn’t mean you should.
  • Deaf Community Develops ASL Slur For Hearing People Who Only Know Curse Words
    Swearing is America’s pastime, and it could not be more evident in ASL.
  • Child-Proof Cap Also Fine-Motor-Difficulty-Proof
    It required the grip strength of an able-bodied adult.

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POLITICS

  • Democratic Hopefuls Brush Up on Bare Minimum of Disability Rights Ahead of Midterms
    September 28, 2026
  • Trump Clarifies Stance on Disability With Attack on Rights, Liberties, Law, Language, Benefits, Accommodations, Health Care, Community Living, Existence
    August 26, 2026
  • United Nations Sneaks Disability Rights Vote on Day United States and Israel are Absent
    August 23, 2026

CULTURE

  • Meta Smart Glasses Empower Blind People to Participate in Corporate Surveillance
    August 15, 2026
  • DSM-6 Spoilers Leak Online
    August 15, 2026
  • Most of Men’s Health Mag for Dick Pills 
    June 18, 2026

LOCAL

  • Off-Pitch Disabled Singer Lauded by Audience of Cowards
    November 1, 2026
  • Boss Tells Autistic Employee Major Problem Is “No Problem”
    October 31, 2026
  • Interviewer Voluntarily Discloses Discrimination
    October 23, 2026

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