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Social Security has two programs aimed at helping those with disabilities. Kameleon007/iStock via Getty Images

April 14, 2023

Social Security may be failing well over a million people with disabilities – and COVID-19 is making the problem worse

Zachary Morris, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)

More than half of working-age adults over 50 with a work-limiting disability didn’t receive any benefits from Social Security in 2016.

In 2009, 150 of the 180 residents of the care facility in Ellignies-Sainte-Anne were French. At the time, approximately 6,500 French citizens living with disabilities were in Belgian institutions due to the lack of appropriate structures in France. The figure has since grown to 8,500, a jump of more than 30%. Philippe Huguen/AFP

January 17, 2023

When universal health care falls short, French people with disabilities move to Belgium

Jérémy Mandin, Université de Liège

It is estimated that more than 8,000 French citizens with disabilities currently live in Belgium. For many parents, placing their children in foreign institutions is not so much a choice as the only alternative they have.

May 3, 2022

Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time – so they don’t adjust their care

Adrian Raymond Walker, UNSW Sydney and Julian N. Trollor, UNSW Sydney

If hospitals know a person has an intellectual disability, they can tailor communication and care to improve their treatment and health outcomes.

December 2, 2020

In our own voices: 5 Australian books about living with disability

Jessica White, The University of Queensland

Rather than presenting a disability as an obstacle, life writing can explore the joys, frustrations and creativity of living with disability or Deafness.

Images provided by the Disability Inclusive and Disaster Resilient Queensland Project.

December 2, 2020

‘Nobody checked on us’: what people with disability told us about their experiences of disasters and emergencies

Michelle Villeneuve, University of Sydney

One interviewee told us: ‘It would’ve been lovely if somebody had cared.’

Cutting disability benefits while providing little by way of education and job training is only going to lead to increasing poverty and an increasing disability wealth gap. (Shutterstock)

March 11, 2020

Canadians with disabilities face an uncertain financial future

David Pettinicchio, University of Toronto and Michelle Maroto, University of Alberta

Canadians with disabilities often have little to nothing left after paying for food, shelter and other living expenses. We need policies that target the root causes of their inequality.

Physical activity improves memory, problem-solving and decision-making ability. Active children have better executive functioning, including planning, self-regulation and the ability to perform demanding tasks with greater accuracy. (Shutterstock)

August 8, 2018

Children with disabilities need better access to sport

Daniel Goldowitz, University of British Columbia; Jean-Paul Collet, University of British Columbia, and Keiko Shikako-Thomas, McGill University

Sport and other physical activity is vital to the developing bodies and minds of children; for those with disabilities it can be hard to access and is yet even more important.

South Africa needs review policies meant to support people living with disabilities to give them a better deal. Shutterstock

March 7, 2018

Six challenges that impede entrepreneurs with disabilities in South Africa

Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri, University of the Witwatersrand

A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.

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