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Subminimum Wage: What It Is, Why It’s Unjust, and Why It Needs to End

By Kate Anderson Many are familiar with the push to increase the United States federal minimum wage above $7.25. However, most are unaware of an 84-year-old law that allows businesses to pay disabled workers just pennies for each hour of…
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Site Glossary

Site Glossary As part of our commitment to accessibility, we have prioritized plain language and added a glossary for our site that includes definitions of all terms of art, jargon, and other potentially confusing language used on our website. Glossary…
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What’s Up WID: Accessible Workplace Accommodations Transcripts

Ashley Inkumsah:            Hello, everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID: The World Institute on Disability podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community across the globe. I’m your host, Ashley Inkumsah. On today’s episode, Sheryl Ellis is…
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What’s Up WID: Disabled Women’s Rights in the Congo Transcripts

Ashley Inkumsah: What’s Up WID premiered a special edition episode of our podcast available exclusively on our YouTube channel, where Deaf students from Gallaudet University discuss their experiences with disasters in their home countries of Japan and Nigeria. Check out…