Companies that recognize and value the importance of hiring and retaining employees with disabilities know what is needed to provide a culture and workplace that is accommodating and inclusive. Those ...

As the Game of Thrones Little Person character Tyrion Lannister tells Jon Snow about Jon’s newly paralyzed half brother, Bran Stark, “If you’re going to be a cripple, it’s better to be a rich cripple.

About 650 million people in the world—or 10 per cent of the world’s population— live with disabilities, and frequently encounter a myriad of physical and social obstacles. They often lack the ...

“If anyone were to borrow a wheelchair for a day, I think they’d be pretty surprised about how little they could do in actual physical lab space,” says Paul Bracher, a chemistry professor at Saint ...

A conversation with LBS’ Luisa Alemany on an overlooked source of competitive advantage. It is now accepted wisdom that increasing the diversity of your workforce in any dimension can improve both ...

Employment remains an elusive goal for many. A recent hiring strategy may win pats on the back, but advocates fear it may pigeonhole people with disabilities. By Wendy Lu This article is part of a ...

As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...

Byzantine society held a deeply ambivalent view of those with disabilities, one shaped by both Christian charity and a sense ...

A patient with disabilities can be denied life-saving organ transplants because of those disabilities, and parents often fear the worst. Families have won protections in many states — including 14 in ...

For nearly 20 months, debates about the future of work have dominated meetings and Twitter feeds as the coronavirus pandemic upended every aspect of our jobs from commutes to office dress codes. These ...