Featured Stories
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Access Nature
The physical, mental, and emotional benefits of access to nature are widely known, yet communities that need these benefits the most are often excluded from outdoor spaces. What does accessibility in the outdoors actually mean, and how can it be improved for all people with disabilities?
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Depleting Special Education Oversight Will Enable Bureaucratic Sadism
Author Note: One of my most important pieces of advice for current Special Education students is that they may encounter many situations that cause legitimate righteous indignation, but not to let that indignation drive all of their decisions. I want today’s Special Ed students to know that no matter what bigots want for them, they…
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Parenting Without Pity
Parenting Without Pity Parenting Without Pity is a storytelling project where disabled parents draw from our own experiences of disability to help parents be better allies for their disabled children. In the series, we ask disabled parents about their own childhoods and what they wish their parents would have known. We also ask how they identify…
From the Blog
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Depleting Special Education Oversight Will Enable Bureaucratic Sadism
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Pride & Prejudice: Being Disabled At Pride
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Who is Disabled Enough? How Medicaid’s New Community Engagement Requirements Could Leave Disabled People Behind
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Two Guys, Two Wheelchairs
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The Deadline Shifted
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Pride in Community: No Queer Liberation Without COVID Mitigation
Storytellers
Featured Documentary
The Right to be Rescued
2016
The Right to be Rescued is a short documentary that tells the stories of people with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina. Released days before the 10th anniversary of the storm, our goal is to make emergency planners aware of the specific needs of people with disabilities and push them to alter their disaster plans to make sure those needs are met.
Featured Topics
Policy
We often hear about policies that impact the disability community in broad, sweeping terms. But the reality is that policies have real impacts on real people. Stay up-to-date on key policy issues that are important to the disability community
Health
Health and healthcare are at the forefront of disability rights issues. In these pieces, you’ll find insights on topics ranging from insurance and the need for systemic change within medical institutions, to the importance of self-care for your physical and mental well-being.
Activism and Advocacy
Educating the world about disability is how we make progress toward change. Take some time to learn about the advocacy issues that matter most to the disability community, the different approaches to activism, and what issues drive activists to continue fighting.
LGBTQIA+
These posts highlight the intersections of LGBTQIA+ and disability identity through authentic narratives and reporting.