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EEOC Issues Revised Publications on the Employment Rights of People with Specific Disabilities — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued four revised documents on protection against disability discrimination, pursuant to the goal of the agency’s Strategic Plan to provide up-to-date guidance on the requirements of antidiscrimination laws. More...

Hurricane Preparedness — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed free online tools and a Pledge to help you prepare and spread the message of hurricane preparedness. More...

The Affordable Care Act – Second Annual Report —The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the second Affordable Care Act annual report detailing millions of seniors and people with disabilities with Medicare have lower costs on prescription drugs and improved benefits in 2012. More...

The Conference Board - Providers of the Consumer Confidence Index, Releases New Study — Companies that employ people with disabilities reap numerous benefits, according to a study by The Conference Board, a global, independent business membership and research association working in the public interest. More...

Global Treaty to Protect People With Disabilities Fails to Pass US Senate — On this year’s recent International Day of Disability, there was an extra effort to get out the vote to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the US Senate to protect the 160 million young people around the world who live with disabilities. More...






First Lady Michelle Obama, Safak Pavey of Turkey — and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 2012 International Women of Courage Awards in Washington, DC. Pavey, one of the honorees, is a journalist, writer and politician. She is a member of the Parliament representing Istanbul. She is the first Turkish member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities More...

Interviews from the United Nations CRPD — from international business leaders like Adobe; to country representatives of Chile and Egypt; to a non-governmental organization leader from Qatar, each speaking about their views of moving forward in advocacy, policy and technology during the UN CRPD 5th States Session More...





Interview with William H Macy and Cheryl Cohen Greene from the movie The Sessions — Dr. Cheryl Cohen Greene – the real life sex surrogate, portrayed by Helen Hunt in the film, speaks about her work with Mark O'Brien (portrayed by John Hawkes) who had Polio and fought negative thoughts from his childhood and at 38 still a virgin— as well as a sound bite with actor William H. Macy More...