“What kind of funding are you looking for, and do you have a budget for this year?” a staff person from a foundation asked me. We were talking about the 2018 Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS ...

A couple of things are happening in the recent controversies about the use of ableist lyrics in popular music: One is the inherent and systemic ableism in our culture that normalizes the use of ...

Ableism is discrimination and bias against the disabled. After fighting for and winning the battle to have Section 504 regulated in 1977 and the 1990 ADA signed into law, we still experience ableism ...

As the broader health care field strives to identify and address health care disparities, a commentary published in The Lancet Oncology underscored the importance of eliminating ableism from cancer ...

How should non-disabled people who care about the wellbeing of people with disabilities respond to blatant ableism when they see it? A short video shared December 25, 2022 on Twitter shows a grade ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Ruby Lewis. Buy this photo. One afternoon, as I scrolled through my favorite time-suck ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Lots of people thought Presidential candidate Donald Trump ...

Editor’s Note: This story uses person-first language (“people with disabilities”) and identity-first language (“disabled people”) interchangeably. Please note that people may prefer either term or ...

Many congregations view disability as a problem to be solved with elevators, wider doors, or programs tailored for those with special needs. This approach misses the point, according to cultural ...

“Did you read that story in the Stanford Report about the affordable ‘smart cane’ that uses robotics? Wasn’t it cool?” Whenever articles about disability technology come out, I’m asked for my thoughts ...

Fan Service is a column by pop culture and fandom writer Stitch that looks at the highs and lows of fandom, and unpacks how what we do online, and for fun, connects back to the way we think about the ...