To coincide with the ‘teachers’ theme of my most recent newsletter I thought it apropos to write a post regarding accommodations for students with mental health issues in a post-secondary setting.

About one in four adults experiences some form of mental health impairment, defined by the National Alliance of Mental Illness as "a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ...

My intention in writing these posts is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent ...

Most employees accept the importance of making accommodations for people with physical disabilities, but don’t realize the importance of doing the same for people having mental health or substance ...

People don't get to choose the illnesses that render them too disabled to work, but insurance companies have the power to approve or deny claims based on where in the body their condition exists. It's ...

The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...