When people talk about diversity and inclusion, they often forget one of the most underrepresented groups in the workforce: individuals with intellectual disabilities. People living with severe autism ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gus Alexiou is a London-based reporter covering disability inclusion. A new study has demonstrated how virtual reality headsets ...
The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and ...
On Jan. 14, 2024, Fox News and the New York Post, among others, ran a story that not-so-subtly tried to link a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident — in which a Boeing 737 Max 9 lost a plug door mid-flight ...
Chris Mays has been a Corey M. Stoltz Transportation Program driver for about six years, using his own experience with mental health issues to offer one-on-one support. Last year, he provided more ...
Despite the rise of people diagnosed with autism, explicit training for law enforcement to respond to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is still rare. Misunderstandings between ...
Intellectual disabilities are often caused by a mutation that damages a gene, preventing the associated protein from functioning properly. However, a mutation can also change the function of a gene.