There is no single, unanimous “disabled people’s perspective” on whether or not we want to be cured of our disabling conditions, or on how highly we prioritize cure or medical improvement as a goal.
Participants in the Jubilee of People with Disabilities share testimonies and prayers in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 29, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Pablo Esparza As a disabled theologian, ...
When I became Disabled in my late teens and started searching for work, I was confronted with barriers including disability discrimination, inaccessible environments, and attitudinal biases. I lost a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Keely founded Making Space, closing the disability employment gap. Disabled people bring ingenuity shaped by navigating ...
In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on the Greek Island of Santorini. She didn't drink enough water and when she returned to her cruise ship, she felt dizzy and nauseated. She thought ...
Disabled workers are getting louder and more effective as they push their unions to be more accessible and inclusive. All workers are benefiting. Members of Performers with Disabilities and Seniors ...
Morgan will be a part of a group of disabled broadcasters covering the 2024 Paralympics for NBC for the first time in history Emma McIntyre/Getty Sophie Morgan is on a mission to change the way ...
The vast majority of U.S. polling locations are not fully accessible. Disability justice activists are working to change that. When Kenia Flores was studying for her bachelor’s degree at Furman ...
As divers searched the Potomac River for bodies from the collision of a passenger jet and a military helicopter, President Donald Trump blamed the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity policies ...
In 2015, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, which is often referred to as the Department of Defense’s “mad science division,” adapted a flight simulator so a woman named Jan ...
Military veterans are swamping the U.S. government with dubious disability claims — including cases of brazen fraud totaling tens of millions of dollars — that are exploiting the country’s sacred ...