Each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), we celebrate the many contributions and achievements of employees with disabilities. Employees with disabilities are dependable, loyal, and eager to learn—and research shows that their inclusion in the workforce improves overall employee retention rate and morale. However, people with disabilities have been marginalized and misunderstood for […]
https://thearc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NDEAM-375x400-1.png400375The Arc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ArcLogo_Color_Rev_PNG_WEB.pngThe Arc2023-09-22 09:28:192023-09-25 11:54:39How and Why to Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October 2023
By Pauline Bosma and James Meadours
As people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who are also survivors of sexual violence, or work with survivors, we face many challenges when ...
By: The Arc’s Talk About Sexual Violence Project and The Rainbow Program
How bias and discrimination impact survivors with developmental disabilities within the LGBTQIA+ community
Survivors of s...
[caption id="attachment_64485" align="alignright" width="241"] Patty Quatieri is an accomplished presenter in the field of disability rights and is based in Massachusetts. Patty has received numerous ...
Men with disabilities are twice as likely as those without disabilities to experience sexual violence. Yet few people know just how common it is, including health care professionals.
The Arc'...
In communities across the country, a silent epidemic plagues the disability community. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are seven times more likely than the rest of the p...
Sexual assault and violence disproportionately affect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with findings from NPR revealing that people with IDD are assaulted at seven times ...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault and violence disproportionately affect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with findings from NPR revealing that peo...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual assault and violence disproportionately affect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with findings from NPR revealing that peo...
Chris Miller, James Meadours, and Kecia Weller
Every day, in every community across the U.S., people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are being sexually assaulted. Too many h...
