Emergency Preparedness
How do emergencies impact the disability community? These posts explore the key issues at hand.
- Activism and Advocacy
- Autism and Neurodiversity
- Community Building
- Community Living
- Criminal Justice
- Disability History and Culture
- Disability Vote
- Education
- Emergency Preparedness
- Employment
- Family
- Guide
- Health
- LGBTQIA+
- Media
- Medical Care
- Mental Health
- Policy
- Race and Disability
- Relationships and Sex
- Sexual Harassment and Abuse
- Storytellers
- Technology
- Theory
- Transportation
- Trauma
Ask to Vax!
COVID-19 Vaccines for Youth with Disabilities #AskToVax
DREDF, YO! Disabled & Proud, and Rooted in Rights have joined together to help disabled California Youth learn more about COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five and up.
Children and youth with underlying
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DO-IT 2020 – Ellie
All students deserve to access campus independently, without relying on the kindness of others. Colleges, make your campus accessible!
When Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Turned “Sane” – COVID-19 and Double Standards
The following post is part of our series on perspectives from disabled and chronically ill people regarding COVID-19. I woke a March ago to the cruel, familiar feeling of unsubstantiated terror. Anxieties of tenuous relation folded in on one another…
COVID19: Drive Thru Only Services Must Provide Access to People Who Cannot Drive
As a result of many businesses converting to drive-thru only, transit-dependent people, in particular members of the disability community who are blind and low-vision, aren’t able to access services.
Disabled, Not Disposable: Ariel
“I've seen a lot that concerns me, both the message that we should just, you know, take one for the team basically, that's kind of horrifying." - Ariel Henley on how disabled people are feeling about Coronavirus.
Seattle Times OpEd – Coronavirus: Remember students with disabilities in a time of crisis
For students with disabilities, school is often where they have access to physical, speech, mental-health and other therapies. As schools around the nation are closing, disabled students and their families are being left without supports.
We Need More Than Social Distancing. We Need Social Safety Nets.
The following post is part of our series on perspectives from disabled and chronically ill people regarding COVID-19. This post is not intended as medical advice. COVID-19 and the emergency responses from governments around the world are evidence we do…
Disabled, Not Disposable: Tinu
Listen to disability activist Tinu Abayomi-Paul on what happens when we start valuing people based on whether they’re “productive members of society.”