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Ran Zhang

The public will undermine the disabled society until it has educated on the need not to

The relationship between the disabled and the society has long been a strained one since time immemorial where people highly practised the discrimination of the disabled. Although…

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Paige Henning

Inclusion in the Workplace and Hiring Those with Disabilities

People with disabilities are eager to enter the labor market, however, are not being given the proper tools or opportunities to enter. As an individual with disabilities myself, I fall into the 71% of disabled, “out of work”…

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Rachael Bennett

Disability and Design

Accessibility for all

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Pauline Fritz

Beneficial For All: The Universal Design for Learning

Due to the increasingly high expectations and pressures to succeed in college, feelings of stress, anxiety, and being overwhelmed are common among college students. A study conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)…

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Melissa Dahman

The Mental Health Resource Gap in US Public Elementary Schools

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COVID-19: An Opportunity for Education Policy to Neglect Disability

COVID-19: An Opportunity for Education Policy to Neglect Disability

“Sorry, Joel, I couldn’t catch that. I seem to be having some connection issues. Could you write it in the chat for me?”
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Yi Han
You Shouldn’t Kill People Without Asking Them Their Thoughts on It: Disability Studies, Pragmatism…

You Shouldn’t Kill People Without Asking Them Their Thoughts on It:...

Disability studies and people with disabilities have long been left out of philosophical conversations and even now, they are often…
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Catherine
What we can do, what they can do?

What we can do, what they can do?

Disability education, self-condifence&external help
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Anhao Zheng
Social Media Changes the Life of Disabled People

Social Media Changes the Life of Disabled People

With the development of Internet technology, social media has gradually become an indispensable channel for people to communicate and…
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Ziyi Zou
Everyone’s “dream” should be supported…

Everyone’s “dream” should be supported…

Have you ever felt disappointed or lost? Have you ever known people who have no money and must give up their dreams? Have you ever really…
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Yuebin Guo
We love Olympics, All of Them.

We love Olympics, All of Them.

The man in the photo named Arnost Petracek was the champion of Men’s 50m Backstroke S4 Final, Arnost has a congenital impairment, he was…
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Boren Song
Euthanasia for Disabled Persons in the Medical Field

Euthanasia for Disabled Persons in the Medical Field

Despite the increased use of euthanasia (assisted dying) in medicine to alleviate patient’s pain, the topic has not sufficiently…
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Xin Wu
When looking into the corporate world, one of the main things that you observe, often…

When looking into the corporate world, one of the main things that ...

First off, we look at the purpose of branding the feminist perspective and disabilities. Why does it matter? Some women, such as those at…
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Elaine Griffith
Engineering and Disability Studies

Engineering and Disability Studies

Nick McGann 4/28/20
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Nicholas McGann
1–800–273–8255: Chronicles of a Sad Rapper

1–800–273–8255: Chronicles of a Sad Rapper

“Suicide if you ever try to let go,” “I don’t wanna be alive,” “push me to the edge, all my friends are dead.” Anyone caught up on the…
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Riley K. Gillis
Disability Arts: The Opposition to Awkwardness

Disability Arts: The Opposition to Awkwardness

Our individual ideas of the human body are regularly adapted by the illustration, photography, and film present in our day to day lives…
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Cameron Riley
Disability Culture and Inclusive Education: Bridging the Gap

Disability Culture and Inclusive Education: Bridging the Gap

Introduction
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Lisen Zhang
Ola Alobaidi

Ola Alobaidi

Dr. Yates
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Ola Alobaidi
Are testing accommodations really in place for those who need them?

Are testing accommodations really in place for those who need them?

Testing has become the benchmark for how we assess people against one another in many different scenarios. Most commonly, we see testing…
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Jac Lanza Desio
Government Exposed: The Role of Entertainment

Government Exposed: The Role of Entertainment

How the entertainment industry plays a huge role in informing the populace of devastating environmental disasters and government…
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Audrey Litto
Mental Disabilities in Court

Mental Disabilities in Court

Due to widespread deinstitutionalization throughout North America, where socially excluded people deemed “deviant” and “deficient” were…
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Baris Toktas
Integrating accessibility into small businesses

Integrating accessibility into small businesses

Nowadays, we live in a word that is full of businesses: small and large. There are tons of coffee shops, cafes, shops, laundries…
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Ekaterina Dyachenko
A Holistic approach to Drug Enforcement

A Holistic approach to Drug Enforcement

Right in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s mission statement is their primary goal of enforcing laws related to controlled substances, which…
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Rebecca Zane
The Detrimental Loophole of the Fair Labor Standards Act

The Detrimental Loophole of the Fair Labor Standards Act

The need to work in a safe and healthy environment and to be treated equally is a basic human right. However, many intellectually disabled…
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Ashley Wong
Born This Way, but Not THAT Way

Born This Way, but Not THAT Way

Media, mockery, and music. Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” music video broadcasts the societal concept that disability is not fit for fame.
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Kate Carpenter
Crip Culture Poetry and the Embodiment of Self

Crip Culture Poetry and the Embodiment of Self

Poetry has been an integral facet of communication throughout time. Its lineage stretches across several movements from the Civil Rights…
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India Moore
Mental Illness: Stigma Through Criminalization

Mental Illness: Stigma Through Criminalization

In the fall semester of my freshman year of college, I took a course about the criminal justice system in a sociological aspect. I came…
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Feyisara Idera
Alyssa Edelheit

Alyssa Edelheit

Samuel Yates
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Alyssaedelheit
Shapes and Lines

Shapes and Lines

Dance has always had artificial boundaries: you aren’t skinny enough, tall enough, short enough, flexible enough, strong enough. So…
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Eva O'Marah
Technoableism: Is It Our Future?

Technoableism: Is It Our Future?

While the advancement of technology has augmented our society’s dependence on it, the disabled community has become apprehensive about the…
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Matthew Beck
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