Happy New Year from Disability.Blog! Top 10 Guest Blogs from 2010
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Happy New Year from Disability.Blog! Top 10 Guest Blogs from 2010Happy New Year from Disability.Blog! Top 10 Guest Blogs from 2010
Categories: Disability.Blog News
2010 has been an exciting year for Disability.Blog. We’ve had guest bloggers from Disability.gov’s federal partners; nonprofit organizations such as the Autism Society, Paralyzed Veterans of America and the American Association of People with Disabilities; and leaders of the disability … Continue reading
Perspectives on Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Learning DisabilitiesPerspectives on Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Learning Disabilities
Categories: Education
By Guest Blogger Joe Timmons, M.A., Research Fellow, Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota. In the course of a 20-year longitudinal study of individuals with learning disabilities (LD), Goldberg et al. (2003) measured the relative success achieved … Continue reading
EEOC Files Suit against Company for Firing Employee Because of Her ObesityEEOC Files Suit against Company for Firing Employee Because of Her Obesity
Categories: Civil Rights
Earlier this year the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Resources for Human Development, Inc. (RHD), for firing an employee because of her obesity, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The case arose from the … Continue reading
