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Why I No Longer Provide Free Disability Access Advice
This morning I did a cold count of places and people I have provided with free disability access information—sharing hard won knowledge grown from my experience and skills putting on accessible events, workshops and doing long-term organizing projects. Pulling up…
Disabled People Deserve Better Access to Care for Eating Disorder Recovery
The first time in what was already a decade-long experience of anorexia that someone was willing to admit I had other disabilities, I was twenty years old. I was told I would be best served in an institution due to …
Ali Stroker’s Tony Nomination Puts Disability Center Stage
Disability representation is taking center stage. Literally. And as a woman with a disability, I’m here for it. This year’s Tony nominations were recently announced, and they signaled a historic moment: Actress Ali Stroker became the first performer in…
An Interview with Noela
Why talk about Mental Health? Noela Luka is a documentary filmmaker from Kenya working with Rooted in Rights – check out her reasons.
Noela is working with Rooted in Rights as part of the International Professional Fellows Program for Inclusive
Tyrion Lannister, Dwarf Identity, and the Struggle for Agency
*Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers from Season 8 of Game of Thrones* Paul Steven Miller was an icon in the dwarf community. After graduating with two Ivy League degrees and fashioning a career in public service as a Commissioner…
How Rule Changes for CalFresh Will Positively Impact Disabled Californians
During the decade or so before I landed my current job, I lived in Los Angeles while receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). This is to say that I lived in a county where the average rent for a studio apartment…
Consent and Kids with Disabilities
Talking about consent may feel like a daunting task, but Daisy discusses why understanding consent is important for all kids, and especially kids with disabilities.
A Deaf-Blind Mother Shares Her Experiences Parenting Two Hearing Children
DEBRA: Hello, my name is Debra Kahn and I am deaf-blind. I’m a white woman. I have medium short brown hair. I’m wearing glasses and I’m wearing a blue sweater top. I’m one of five children and I have four…