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Service dogs for Veterans with PTSD? The Rest of the Story
A Veteran’s Day story on NPR about service dogs and veterans caught my attention this morning. The story was only three minutes long, and the title made the issue sound black and white: “Advocates Say...
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Now, here’s what I call accessibility!
A little shout-out to my alma mater, University of Illinois. Yesterday morning my Seeing Eye dog Whitney and I took a train from Chicago to Champaign to give a guest lecture there, and on the way down...
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7 Things to Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving
Credit: Elisha Knight Happy Thanksgiving, 2019! It can be too easy to get down in the dumps this time of year. There’s so much going on, so much to do, troubles in the world, troubles on the news,...
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Share with a National Newspaper How Disability Has Affected Your Job
The United States edition of The Guardian is looking for stories from people who feel they’ve struggled to find or secure work because of their disability, but if you want your story included, you’re...
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Asperger’s and Employment: What I Wish I Knew Then
Employment and having a disability (I have Asperger’s syndrome) can be a tricky combination. It can be even more difficult to navigate when one doesn’t know they are on the autism spectrum. I navigated...
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I Waited To Disclose My Disability. Here’s What Happened.
This is part two of Ali’s interview story. You can catch part one here, where she walks us through her job search experience. On the day of my job interview, I turned from nervous to excited. At least,...
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