The Power of Protest and The Legacy of George Floyd by Yana Hadjihristova (video)
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Social Income based on Disability in Bulgaria
Every day in a very small country situated in Eastern Europe, many deaf people including with various disabilities face social disparity with discriminatory form within governmental level for social income while are unemployed. The country in which I will talk here is Bulgaria. The story of this particular issue applies to my personal life with…
Loophole of Americans with Disability Act within my life
In the 21st Century, deaf people with all kinds of disabilities continue to struggle with hardships to gain and be on equal basis to get all kinds of opportunities for a decent career job. US is well equipped with all kinds of resources to provide via career center in all universities for internships/career jobs in…
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The Backlash of Americans with Disabilities Act
The enactment of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and ADA Amendments Act of 2008 by Congress was tailored for a goal to achieve in total elimination of discrimination for all people with disabilities in the US. A dramatic difference for those of us who live with disabilities has been shown however the barriers…
ADA vs UN CRPD for the lives of deaf community
Many scholars, lawyers and activists say that American with Disabilities Act of 1990/ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and UN Convention on the Rights for People with Disabilities (UN CRPD) have different reflections, interpretations and structures with weaknesses and strengths to be involved. The ADA/ADAAA is applicable only for the US to use for litigations…
The question of racism/prejudice in Deaf community
Time is flying. Civil rights movements have been historically portrayed to show the lives of all US citizens, however the lesson learned is not to attain well today. The issue with racism is still there to exist among all of us. Nobody did not even pay an attention that racism is within the deaf disability.…
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Deafness’ Approachment toward Inclusion, Diversity and Equality
Seeing through the lenses of my life with deafness, I notice at all levels even in the workplace that nobody gets to the point to accept that the different abilities can contribute equally with diversity to the society as being disabled or non-disabled. Approachment with deafness and all kinds of disabilities is something needed to…
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Awareness of Deaf Rights at Employment
The word “awareness” brings an important notion for the community of deaf people with deaf rights. Deaf rights is to be identified in the group of disability rights law. Speaking of awareness of deaf rights is to be specified within the employment level. Many deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing people have struggles to…
Passion about human rights ignited in Guatemala
How I became passionate about human rights for career development? Is human rights important in my life and does this represent ideally of who I am on the basis of career professionalism and at academic level? The answers to all these are powerful. Being powerful in representing the passion about human rights is to…
#MeToo in USA and Bulgaria
The legal system related with domestic violence, sexual abuse and sexual harassment is broken everywhere. The case for the US and for Bulgaria is completely different. In legal perspective, laws are applied to support the cases in protection of all forms of abuse/harassment against women but it is not strong enough. The US has the…
