Khadija Akhter (pseudonym), now 23 and a mother, lives quietly in a village in Bangladesh. Her life appears settled, but it ...
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Invisible disabilities, as the name suggests, are disabilities that are not immediately apparent to others. Out of the 61 million adults in the United States who identify as having a disability of ...
For half a century, the U.S. has been achieving one of the most important civil rights victories most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with ...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act marked its 33rd year as law in July, requiring companies to accommodate employees with disabilities, including what are called invisible disabilities. About 16% of ...
The effective planning and delivery of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in South Africa is severely constrained by the lack of reliable data. Intellectual ...