Tag: workplace

  • 4 Things I Learned From Speaking On UIC’s Disability Pride Panel

    4 Things I Learned From Speaking On UIC’s Disability Pride Panel

    Last week, I had the opportunity to do something I’ve always wanted to do. On Thursday, April 1st, 2021, I spoke on a Disability Pride Panel for the Disability and Human Development Undergraduate Student Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It was such an incredible experience and I…

  • 5 Ways You Can Help Improve Disability Representation in the Workplace

    5 Ways You Can Help Improve Disability Representation in the Workplace

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was only founded in 1990, specifically says the following: “No qualified individual with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be subjected to discrimination in employment under any service, program, or activity conducted by a public entity” Yet, according to the Bureau of Labor…