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When an accessibility mapping app went viral, success came with a cost

by Sarah Leeson
Jun 11, 2024
Roll Mobility, an app for mapping accessibility infrastructure and linking disabled communities, went viral. Now the team needs to raise funds.
A viral video boosted the popularity of an accessibility app called Roll Mobility. Now the company needs to raise funds to build its operation, said co-founder Joe Foster.
Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images)
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"Crip Camp"

A rehearsal for revolution

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 3, 2024
It’s finally summer, so we’re watching “Crip Camp.”
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Some states consider slashing payments to parents who care for disabled kids

by Elizabeth Gabriel
Apr 1, 2024
At least 12 states have proposed cutting payments that thousands of families rely on. The Dewitt family in Indiana is one of them.
Jackson Dewitt is one of around 1,600 children who receive services through the Attendant Care Program. The stipend his mother, Jennifer, gets for providing around-the-clock care for him helps the family stay afloat.
Elizabeth Gabriel/Side Effects Public Media
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How AI helps some people with disabilities communicate

by Matt Levin
Jan 2, 2024
Deep learning, voice cloning and image tech are helping people with nonstandard speech express themselves and be better understood.
A close-up of "Always Watching" by Amie Thornburg. After losing movement in her limbs because of ALS, Thornburg turned to the art tool Fotor to create images.
Courtesy Thornburg
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COVID-19

How much of our labor force has been lost to COVID-19?

by Kristin Schwab
Jan 24, 2022
According to one expert, COVID deaths and workers left on the sidelines from long COVID account for 18% of unfilled jobs.
New data show that hourly wages are up by 5.6 percent on average as of March, but employees are demanding more from employers in a strong labor market.
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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Economics of Disability

Got questions about disability in America? Here's your resource guide

by Katie Savin
Jun 22, 2018
A reading list from the informational to the literary.
[Image Description: A young woman lays on her back, holding up a book to read in the sunshine. She is wearing a light-colored shirt, blue jeans and a pair of sunglasses. In the foreground is a blurred out individual propped up on her elbows. They are sitting in a field of green grass, with small flowers growing around the area.]
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Economics of Disability

Navigating the job market as an American with a disability

by Eliza Mills
Jun 22, 2018
One look at the challenges people with disabilities face.
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Let's do the numbers on the Paralympic Games

by Tony Wagner
Mar 9, 2018
They're hard to find on cable or streaming, but worth watching.
Joe Howard of the United States celebrates a gold-medal win against Norway in sledge hockey during the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympic Games in Utah in 2002.
Adam Pretty/Getty Images
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More brands are making clothing for people with disabilities

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 22, 2018
Target, Tommy Hilfiger and Zappos are taking on adaptive fashion.
Xian Horn in one of her many pairs of Mary Janes. 
Kristin Schwab/ for Marketplace
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Even dogs need to have experience to get a job

by Janet Nguyen
Feb 19, 2018
There's a lot of training that goes into becoming a working dog.
Patch, a service dog, picks up an arm strap with a stylus for his owner Annette Ramirez.
Courtesy Annette Ramirez
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