Yale Environment 360

A growing number of U.S. adults report cognitive disability

Rates of self-reported cognitive disability among U.S. adults are on the increase, driven largely by a surprising jump among young adults ages 18 to 39, according to a new Yale study. In their ...
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Disability studies and the environmental humanities toward an eco-crip theory edited and with an introduction by Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jay Sibara ; foreword by Stacy Alaimo

Foreward / by Stacy Alaimo -- Introduction / Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jay Sibara -- Foundations. Risking bodies in the wild, the "corporeal unconscious" of American adventure culture / Sarah Jaquette ...
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Talk on the Limits of the ADA Examines Scope, Accommodations

In a Sept. 25 lecture at Riggs Library, Doron Dorfman, professor of disability law at Seton Hall University School of Law, contended that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) remains too limited ...
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Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look: Summary and Background Papers

In the last quarter century, the conceptualization of disability has progressed dramatically. Two World Health Organization (WHO) international classification systems serve as bookends to this period.