By Hannah Getahun , Business Insider The halls of Congress have yet to see an openly autistic legislator, but New York Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou could change that.
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By Christopher Reardon, PC Mag When you think of futurism, you probably don’t think of the payroll company ADP—but that’s where Giselle Mota works as the company’s principal consultant on the “future of work.”
By Kate Kaye, Protocol “It’s a lot to listen to a robot all day long,” said Tina Pinedo, communications director at Disability Rights Oregon, a group that works to promote and defend the rights of people with disabilities.
By Emily Manis, PsyPost Are video games the future of treatment for children on the autism spectrum? A study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests they could be. Video game-based interventions may be a cheap, easy, and effective alternative to face-to-face treatment.
By BBC Tasha Ghouri, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, gathered the contestants to reveal she had been completely deaf from birth and she wore a cochlear implant in her right ear.
By Andrew Pulrang, Forbes Disability issues like accessibility, equal service, and employment rights are important to disabled people. But are they really important to anyone else?
By Donal Sheil, ABC.Net Tony Meli may be blind and deaf, but in his personal workshop, he is capable of things that defy belief.
BY Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter “To me, accessible gaming, and accessible content in general, means that everybody should have the same experience no matter their situation.”
By Cory Stieg, CNBC At age 26, Collete DiVitto had just graduated from Clemson University. She moved to Boston in hopes of working and living on her own — but hiring managers kept saying she “wasn’t a good fit.”
By Robbie Wild Hudson, Boxrox BOSTON, Mass., yesterday Reebok, the iconic lifestyle brand, and leading experiential e-commerce and customer service company Zappos.com announce the launch of Reebok’s first-ever adaptive footwear collection: Reebok Fit to Fit.