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I finally got hearing aids at age 26, after a lifetime of feeling stigmatized
My kindergarten teacher was the one who informed my parents that I may need hearing aids. When my parents got my ears tested, the hearing specialist confirmed that I was born with moderate hearing loss. In India, in 1993, my parents feared that having hearing aids would automatically label me a “disabled” child and put me at...
Preparing for the parenting life when you have a disability
Welcoming a baby into the world means you’re embarking on the most rewarding journey possible. With that said, it...
4 fun cities to visit on your self-care reset trip
At Disability Insider, we know that living with a disability is far from easy. When life starts to feel a little...
Study links Protein to intellectual disability has complex role
Fragile X syndrome, the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability, is due to a genetic mutation that...
How to manage an ADHD diagnosis
What I learned to do, and not to do, while getting to know my neurodivergent brain. How I was diagnosed I...
How to view cloistered browsing history on iPhone
Private browsing means connecting to your Internet in a method where your browsing history won't be observable to...
We want to hear your experience of life with a disability
People with disabilities face many physical and attitudinal obstacles on a daily basis. Not being able to watch...
How people with disability can protect themselves from COVID
People with disability bear a disproportionate burden of COVID infections, serious disease and death. Every time a support worker enters their home, people with disability risk COVID exposure. But while Australian states have evidence-based measures to reduce the spread of COVID in schools and hospitals – such...
Fulfilling the right to education of children with disabilities in global education crisis
When she was just 16, Nujeen Mustafa made a 3,500-mile journey from Syria to Germany in a steel wheelchair. Nujeen didn’t attend school in Syria like the other girls and boys – even before the war broke out. She was one of the millions of children denied their human right to an education, simply because of...