A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Most disabled people at one time or another worry that we and our so-called ...

What’s the point of working against disability prejudice — also known as ableism? Sometimes it seems like the fight against ableism boils down to little more than making sure not to offend disabled ...

To the casual observer, I look pretty “normal.” If you catch me walking down the street, you probably can’t tell I’m in pain, probably dizzy, a little more reliant on my maps app than I should have to ...

Watts Belser is a rabbi, scholar, and spiritual teacher, as well as a longtime activist for disability, LGBTQIA+, and gender justice. She is the author of Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and ...

Trouble at work? Try putting on my shoes. Only one in every two disabled people has a job, and while I’m fortunately one of them, I do have something of a problem. My editor is a raging ableist (she’s ...

In early 1990, the proposed Americans with Disabilities Act was stalling in Congress. After years and years of grassroots lobbying to pass legislation that would ensure civil rights protections for ...

In January 2021, President Joe Biden issued executive order 13985 calling for the federal government to establish a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people with ...

Panteha Abareshi, “(FOR PARTS)” (2020), digital edition one (all images courtesy the artist) “What does accessibility truly look like in the art space?” This is one of the questions that artist ...

Culture Amp, an employee experience platform, found that only 7.6 percent of companies include disability in engagement surveys. Culture Amp’s data indicates that disabled women are recognized less, ...

Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness ...