The Mask-Optional DEI Initiative
I will be direct: schools that have officially departed from masking are stating an ongoing commitment to purposeful exclusion.
disability accomodations
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Read more: Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities
The upswell of advocacy around Long COVID should be mobilized to call attention to and address the challenges faced by newly-disabled adults.
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Read more: Long COVID and Physical Reductionism Long COVID and Physical Reductionism
Long COVID plaintiffs seeking disability anti-discrimination law protections have been met with suspicion and demands for evidence.
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Read more: Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal Providing Clean Air in Indoor Spaces: Moving Beyond Accommodations Towards Barrier Removal
Framing unclean air as a barrier in the built environment may help secure the benefit of indoor air quality standards.
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Read more: Workplace Accommodations in a Post-COVID Era Workplace Accommodations in a Post-COVID Era
As more of the workforce returns to the office, some employers are pushing back on the increased accommodations realized during the pandemic.
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Read more: Employers Should Bear Responsibility for Making Remote Work Environments Accessible Employers Should Bear Responsibility for Making Remote Work Environments Accessible
Employers must take steps to ensure that remote work accommodations are not made at the expense of the employee.
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Read more: Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of our current disability laws and policies, particularly those related to economic insecurity.
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Read more: Our New Remote Workplace Culture Creates Opportunities for Disabled Employees Our New Remote Workplace Culture Creates Opportunities for Disabled Employees
This shift in our workplace culture presents employment opportunities for disabled people that they may not have had in the past.
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Read more: Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply
Workplaces are, by and large, no longer safe for employees who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19.
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Read more: Using Health Justice to Identify Inequities Experienced by Employees with Disabilities Using Health Justice to Identify Inequities Experienced by Employees with Disabilities
A health justice approach would confront how ableism has influenced the development of reasonable accommodations law.
