Purple Fest was a moment to celebrate how far disability rights have come—but it also illuminated the path ahead for queer ...

We live in a world shaped by the stories we tell — about ourselves, about others, and about what it means to live a good life. But when society tells only one story about disability — that it is a ...

A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about their care and education were made almost entirely by non-disabled people, ...

Disability forms part of a man’s condition. At one point or the other, almost everyone will be impaired temporarily or permanently. It is a multiplex, progressive, contested, and a subject that is ...

It happens constantly: I meet a person for the first time, I’m in my wheelchair, we introduce ourselves, and then the first thing that person wants to talk about is the medical aspects of my ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

All communities and social movements change. If they don’t, they stagnate, lose relevance, and die. The process of change is almost always uncomfortable, sometimes painful, but usually valuable in the ...

“Flatten the curve.” “Stop the spread.” These public health messages were specifically intended to protect people who would be most vulnerable to COVID-19, especially people with disabilities. Who was ...

Shield of Odin, a premier veteran-focused medical and disability support organization, announced a strategic partnership ...

Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that looks at the human element that powers technology. For this episode we spoke with Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute and ...