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USA TODAY shares 5 critical tips for protecting your Social Security Disability Payments. 👍 Make sure all of your personal information is current and up to date. (e.g. have your recently moved, gotten married/divorced, new phone number etc.) 👍 Report any extra income - investments, inheritance etc. 👍 Ensure banking information is accurate and notify of any changes. 👍 Your work activity has picked up - this is a change in income and you must notify SSDI of any income changes. 👍 Any changes in representative payees -- see item one! The Motley Fool | #ProtectSSDI #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable Image Description: A man in a wheelchair with a laptop on his lap. He is in an office environment. He is also using a cellphone and looking up as he is talking to someone. Image credit - Getty Images.

This is why we need disability employment and inclusion programs. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is almost double that of everyone else. Additionally, on average it takes people 3-4 months to land a new job. For people with disabilities, it is 6-9 months. Office of Disability Employment Policy #HumanResources #DisabledAndCapable #DisabilityInclusion Image Description: A bar chart showing March 2025 unemployment rate. For those without disabilities it is 4.1% and those with disabilities it is 7.8%.

Mashable reports in the five years when remote work was accepted, appreciated and supported people with disabilities were employed at record high rates - 22% in 2024. Now that return to office mandates are in full swing people with disabilities will feel its loss at more significant levels than the rest of the population. But the big question, are companies ready to simplify their accommodations process for employees with disabilities? #DisabledAndCapable #DisabilityInclusion #HumanResources Image Description: Image taken from article. A fist slamming down on a button that reads Return. Several wheelchair icons and house icons look as if they are being tossed around by the pounding of the first.

Deadline Hollywood shares the new movie "Out of My Mind" based on the book by Sharon M. Draper, is about a girl with cerebral palsy who cannot speak. In putting Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) on screen, director Amber Sealey hopes to show viewers they can talk to people with disabilities, even if that disability means the person will respond in a different way. "People always ask how to make other people comfortable with disability," Sealey said. "Part of it is just normalize it." #DisabilityInclusion #NormalizeDisability #Inclusion Image Description: Image taken from article Director Amber Sealey sits on a stage with co star Luke Kirby sit in front of a banner Deadline and Contenders Television.

A big congratulations to Krige Schabort for winning the wheelchair division of the The Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC. He won for the second year in a row completing the 10K race in a record breaking 25 minutes and 48 seconds! #DisabledAndCapable #Winning #PhysicalFitness

IKEA launches a new line of accessible products for your bathroom that are not only useful, but they also meet at the intersection of style and function. And, in an extra bonus, they are at affordable prices! Happy shopping! #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion #Innovation Image Description: An exterior blue building with the bright yellow Ikea logo on it!

The American Association of People with Disabilities just filed a federal lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA), SSA Acting Commissioner Dudek, the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), DOGE Administrator Gleason, and de-facto head of DOGE, Elon Musk, for their efforts to make Social Security harder for disabled and older adults to access. Working Americans have paid into Social Security to protect their own futures and their vulnerable neighbors. Making it harder for disabled and aging Americans to access SSA services and benefits is stealing from those who have paid into Social Security, and will harm and kill countless disabled Americans. Read the press release and access the complaint, filed yesterday in federal court in Washington, DC, at this link, and make sure you follow AAPD to receive updates on this lawsuit and our fight to protect SSDI and SSI: https://lnkd.in/gGzaHq-3 Maria Town | #ProtectSocialSecurity #DisabilityRights #StopDiscrimination Image Description: A cobalt blue background with teal lettering in all caps that says BREAKING: Then in white lettering text reads AAPD just sued SSA, DOGE, their administrators, and the de facto head of DOGE, Elon Musk. AAPD,

His Majesty, the King of Jordan addresses the crowd at the Global Disability Summit. Jordan was one of the first signatories on the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities crpd. His key points were: ♿ Emphasized the need to work together, take action to ensure that people with disabilities can live their lives with dignity, happiness, hope. ♿ Inclusivity is about recognizing the potential in every human. ♿ Provide support to people with disabilities in conflict zones - they have worked to help over 400 amputees in Gaza. Check out the packed house at the conference! #GlobalInclusion #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable #HumanResources Image Description: A large auditorium with people seated looking at the stage and several screens.

This is why representation matters! This sweet toddler is drawn to the ad with the girl in a wheelchair and says, "The girl in the wheelchair is just like me." It's so important for brands to recognize and reflect their customers. #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledDollars #DisabledAndCapable Image Description: Two images side by side. The one on the left is the small boy in wheelchair smiling. The second image shows him looking up at the ad poster with the young girl who is also a wheelchair user.

Another great article in Psychology Today "Autistic Creativity: It's So Much More Than Fairy Tale." Key points in Article: 👉 Autistic creativity is not limited to technical fields or math. It is seen in every human pursuit. 👉 Research shows high levels of verbal creativity in autistic children and adults. 👉 Analysis of Hans Christian Andersen's life and work points to autistic traits and themes. #Neurdivergent #DisabledAndCapable #DisabilityInclusion Ludmila Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Âû Image Description: Image of a duckling emerging into a swan.