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Health and healthcare are at the forefront of disability rights issues. In these pieces, you’ll find insights on topics ranging from insurance and the need for systemic change within medical institutions, to the importance of self-care for your physical and mental well-being.

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Healthcare Reform and its Impact on the Disabled Community: Restructuring Medicaid

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Why Healthcare Providers Need to Recognize and Respect Neurodiversity

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Acceptance and Accommodations: Bridges to Workplace Inclusion

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VIDEO: Out on a Limb: Insurance Providers and Access to Prosthetics with Emily Harvey

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How Workplaces Discriminate Against People of Multiple Marginalized Identities

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This Year, I Have a Reason to Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month

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The Public Health Statistic that Fails Disabled People

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VIDEO: Cody & Glen | AVID Prison Project

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