The most concrete goal of National Disability Employment Awareness Month each October is to increase employment rates and job opportunities for Americans with disabilities. This of course assumes that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. After a lengthy medical leave, many are searching for meaningful ...

The Fourth Annual Lake County Board of Developmental Disabilities/Deepwood Job and Resource Fair and Hiring Event, recently held at the Mentor Public Schools Paradigm Building, has continued a “new ...

An awful car accident three decades ago meant partial paralysis, a long hospital stay, a painful rehabilitation and eventual return to walking with an abiding limp for Lisa Smith. Years later, a ...

For a graduate student, the job market is an intimidating space full of uncertainty. Add to that a disability, and the navigation of the professional world becomes even more daunting. From simple ...

When I was searching for a job before graduating law school, one question on every application made me feel especially anxious: “Are you a person with a disability?” I’m autistic, so the answer is ...

Second Sunday Series: This is the second of 12 columns on work and disability that will appear in the next 12 months — one on each second Sunday of the month, from September through August. Last month ...