by Viscardi Team | Jun 30, 2026 | Commentary/Opinion
I was a great public speaker. Whether large audiences or small ones, I could innately sense the tone of the people that I was speaking to. Are they cautious, eager, uninterested, or sincere? I transformed cautious people into engagement, sincere ones into action. At...
by Viscardi Team | Jun 30, 2026 | Disability Culture
This summer, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document that heralded our country’s journey toward becoming an independent nation. Events to mark the occasion are scheduled across the country, and libraries in the...
by Viscardi Team | Jun 24, 2026 | Around Our Towns
The Arc Westchester celebrated its first-ever Adaptive Fashion Show at Manhattanville University on June 12. This marked the culmination of a 14-week occupational therapy-led adaptive fashion program developed by Occupational Therapy Doctoral Student Giulia Tucci in...
by Viscardi Team | Jun 23, 2026 | National Disability News
Disability-focused career paths can show up in different ways. Whether you are a researcher who studies public health disparities, a medical doctor who treats patients with disabilities or the head of a state-run agency that works to advance health policy initiatives...
by Viscardi Team | Jun 23, 2026 | Commentary/Opinion
The U.S. Department of Justice just issued a legal opinion that threatens one of the most important civil rights protections for people with disabilities: the right to live and receive services in the community, not be unnecessarily confined to institutions. The...
