Employers beginning to embrace reasonable accommodations By Richard Manning, former Public Affairs Chief of Staff, US Department of Labor As a person living with cancer, diabetes, MS, dyslexia, epilepsy, depression, fibromyalgia, autism spectrum disorder, or many other conditions that make it necessary...
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Via: The New York Times March 5, 2010 Arts Beat By Erik Piepenburg The next time you complain about not being able to see the stage from the nosebleed sections of a Broadway theater, think about not being able to see the stage at all. “No one wants to feel left out of a performance,” said...
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Via: Top40-charts.com February 23, 2010 NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ American Association Of People With Disabilities) The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's largest cross-disability membership organization, is honored to announce music legend Stevie Wonder will be...
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Brooklyn mother Cassy Rivera regains her sight and sees youngest daughter, Aniahya, for first time via Daily News By Jeff Wilkins and Larry Mcshane DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Originally Published:Thursday, December 17th 2009, 11:05 PM Updated: Friday, December 18th 2009, 4:57 AM The wrapping on Cassy Rivera...
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