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Jul, 2020
By Jeremy Einbinder
People with disabilities face obstacles that are unique compared to the rest of the population, as well as unique among themselves. Everyone faces different struggles in life, and people with disabilities face additional struggles ...
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08
Apr, 2020
By Jeremy Einbinder
If there is one issue that is uniting people in every part of the world right now, it is the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an issue which affects not only the health of the human species the world over, but also the global ...
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04
Mar, 2020
By Jeremy Einbinder
Technology has improved many lives over the course of history, and the lives of people with disabilities may be especially improved. It may also backfire.
People with ...
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21
Jan, 2020
By Jeremy Einbinder
One of the more understated struggles of people with disabilities is the fact that we face abuse and neglect disproportionately. Many organizations are trying their best to combat ...
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18
Sep, 2019
Kevin Nuñez, Vice Chair, Self Advocate Member New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
The word advocacy is defined as “public support for or recommendation for a particular cause or policy.” This definition is just the tip of the iceberg for what my ...
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09
Apr, 2019
by Jeremy Einbinder
People with disabilities are often compared to non-disabled people in terms of how they could function in everyday life. In other words, the societal worth of people with disabilities is measured based on how closely they might resemble their ...
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25
Mar, 2019
By Jeremy Einbinder
As the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) has discussed before, one of the ways in which people with disabilities are discriminated against is in the workplace.
We have some of the highest ...
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24
Jan, 2019
By Jeremy Einbinder
In the past, the council wrote about the lack of media representation for people with disabilities, and even more commonly, the fact that nondisabled actors often portray characters with disabilities in the ...
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12
Dec, 2018
Position Statement
The New Jersey Council on ...
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10
Dec, 2018
By Jeremy Einbinder
Self-driving cars are set to be one of the key innovations of the 21st ... Read more