University of Wisconsin-Madison
The National Council on Disability (NCD)–an independent federal agency–released a report focused on much needed federal regulations that would address among the most significant barriers to health care for people with mobility disabilities.
A groundbreaking bill would help make every transit station in America accessible to those with disabilities — and stop critical accessibility improvements from being put off.
Many companies struggle when it comes to providing inclusive technology in the workplace. People with disabilities routinely face challenges in navigating technology in the office—from websites that aren’t properly designed for visually impaired individuals to computer setups that require a mouse and videoconferencing technology that lacks captioning.
Many staffers are heading back to Capitol Hill, and official visitors aren’t far behind, but the return to offices is prompting questions about gaps in physical and digital accessibility in Congress for staff, lobbyists, constituents and lawmakers with disabilities.
Health providers are grappling now, and probably for some time to come, with a backlog of needs that went unmet as patients stayed home for fear of getting Covid. But human maintenance can only be deferred so long.