Coauthored by Sofia Dixon and Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D. Hollywood sign Source: Edgar Colomba / Pexels / Used with permission When was the last time you saw a disabled character on TV who wasn’t depicted ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A city's arts organisation is marking 30 years of the Disability Discrimination Act with championing slogans and artwork about deafness, disability, and/or neurodivergence (DDN). The Reasonable ...

The major challenges faced by persons with intellectual disability generally is the problem of stereotyping. Disability Stereotyping bears when the society make assumptions, often times wrongly, about ...

MONONA, Wis. — A new community initiative in Monona is working to dismantle long-held stereotypes about disability through an event series designed to inspire confidence and understanding.

A public service announcement taking on negative stereotypes about disabilities is premiering on television and streaming services nationwide and will appear in print and on billboards. The campaign ...

BOSTON (WBZ) -- Talented musicians from across the country are coming together in Boston for a unique concert experience featuring artists with physical or mental disabilities. The musicians are part ...

A 1-day public workshop will explore how stereotypes and stereotype threat (i.e., the predicament in which an individual is at risk of conforming to a widely-known negative stereotype about his or her ...