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The neurodiversity paradigm has been controversial among disability advocates, especially proponents of the medical model of autism, with opponents arguing it risks downplaying the challenges associated with some disabilities (e.g., in those requiring little support becoming representative of the challenges caused by the disability, thereby ...
In the mid-2010s various large multinational corporations began developing policy on occupational neurodiversity. [5] Previously, organizations either did not discuss the issue, or if they addressed it, then it was a sort of disability accommodation. [5]
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act (AB 846), also known as the Lanterman Act, is a California law that was initially proposed by Assembly member Frank D. Lanterman in 1973 and passed in 1977 and gives people with developmental disabilities the right to services and supports that enable them to live a more independent and normal life.
An increasing number of people are identifying as "neurodivergent," which is a term used to describe individuals with differences in how their brains work.
Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.
Citing California’s budget deficit, the Democratic governor wants to save around $613 million in state funds by delaying pay increases for a year for about 150,000 disability care workers. The ...
According to the California Department of Human Resources website, the employment rate of disabled workers in the California state government dropped from 14.7% in December of 2017 to 8.8% in June ...
Disability organizations based in the United States by state or territory (5 C) C. Disability in California (1 C, 3 P) M. Disability in Maryland (1 C, 2 P)