Think about your underlying assumptions about disability. What causes disability? What are the sources of and solutions to disability-related challenges? Experts categorize ways of thinking about ...

It’s not black and white, and it shouldn’t be red or blue, either. When I first started my position at the University of Illinois at Chicago back in 1997, I was a faculty member in a newly formed ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

WASHINGTON — A large conference room at the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Employment Law and Legislative Conference grew stuffy and crowded yesterday morning as HR professionals ...

Preparing for employees to take a disability leave for an illness or injury can be a stressful experience for benefit and HR managers. With a full plate of work on top of arranging for reasonable ...

Knowing what to say and what to do to help support an employee who is returning to work after a disabling condition can be challenging. Employers often have trouble recognizing when someone needs help ...

In today's competitive market, businesses can't afford anything short of a fully productive work force. When workers are out of work due to a disability, the corporate impact is significant. Direct ...

We live in a world shaped by the stories we tell — about ourselves, about others, and about what it means to live a good life. But when society tells only one story about disability — that it is a ...

Machine learning models can reliably inform clinicians about the disability progression of multiple sclerosis, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS Digital ...