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Post Date: Jul 16, 2026

The ENGAGED Center is an NIH-Funded Medical Rehabilitation Research and Resource Center designed to respond to this need through capacity‑building initiatives and original research.

This webinar will highlight:

• the value of rigorous community-engaged research to rehabilitation and disability research
• our capacity building initiatives, including curated Knowledge Hub, Community of Practice, Disability Community Scientist Training, and a Pilot Funding program. 

Post Date: Jun 10, 2026

Dr. Purvi Sevak, Senior Director of Mathematica’s Disability Practice, discusses her path from an undergraduate student studying health policy to her work at Mathematica, the evolution and importance of disability employment policy, and her research with the DEP RRTC examining how local infrastructure affects employment opportunities for people with disabilities. 

Post Date: May 18, 2026

 A G Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, will pay $4,250,000 to over 40 workers and provide other relief to settle a religious and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Post Date: Mar 31, 2026

On a November night in 1967, Lex Frieden, MA, was a freshman in college riding back to campus with friends. What happened next would change his life forever.

Post Date: Jul 1, 2026

Paycom Payroll, LLC, an Oklahoma software company specializing in payroll and human capital software, violated federal law when it failed to provide effective reasonable accommodations to an employee with a life‑threatening food allergy and fired her instead, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

Post Date: May 26, 2026

Buc-ee’s, Ltd., a travel center retailer with locations throughout Texas and in 10 other states, violated federal law when it denied a disabled employee reasonable accommodations and subsequently terminated him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

Post Date: May 8, 2026

Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into the Houston Independent School District (the District) in Houston, Texas to determine whether the District violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act by not following these requirements, and are thereby discriminating against students with disabilities. 

Post Date: Mar 31, 2026

Federal lawsuit claims medical center refused to accommodate worker and then fired her because of her disability