Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and O’Hanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is ...
Should they brush it off as just annoying, but predictable comments from people who should probably know but usually don’t? Or, is there more to casual ableism than irritation? And how hard should non ...
This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...
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 ...
Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...
Airlines have lifted mask mandates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that most Americans no longer need to social distance or quarantine. Schools and employers are doing away ...
The Times’s inaugural disability reporting fellow shares how one of the best ways to improve disability reporting is to talk to more disabled people. By Amanda Morris Times Insider explains who we are ...
New York celebrated the fifth annual Disability Pride with a colorful parade, marching from Madison Square Park to Union Square Park in New York City on July, 14, 2019. The event promotes inclusion, ...
The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity. By Julia Carmel As with every other civil rights movement, the fight ...
A 20-something today has a one in four chance of becoming disabled before retirement, according to the Social Security Administration. While Social Security disability benefits can help, the average ...
Disability Resources assists in creating an accessible and inclusive campus environment at the School of Visual Arts where students with disabilities have equal access to educational programs and the ...