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How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy

The vast majority of U.S. polling locations are not fully accessible. Disability justice activists are working to change that.

Marianne Dhenin | May 28, 2024

A digital illustration by CK Nosun features the smiling face of a young, black, wheelchair user with natural hair. Behind this figure is a group of activists for disabled rights, including someone holding a sign reading "No body is disposable."

Reworking Remote

Making workplaces more inclusive requires normalizing accommodations like those offered at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

s.e. smith | May 23, 2024

Access Above All

Disabled people know the health care system is hostile. But it doesn’t have to be.

Alice Wong | May 23, 2024

Analysis | California | Medi-Cal

6 Ways California Can Help Kids With Disabilities Get Care

Experts and disability justice advocates say these changes could help more California families with children who have complex medical needs access the care they‘re entitled to.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Mar 15, 2024

Analysis | Georgia | Atlanta | Defunding Police | Stop Cop City

Cop City Is a Disability Justice Issue, Too

Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S.

Marianne Dhenin | Mar 4, 2024

A new book by best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo offers powerful examples of how ordinary people are changing the world.

Ijeoma Oluo Wants You to “Be a Revolution”

A new book by best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo offers powerful examples of how ordinary people are changing the world.

| Jan 31, 2024

Analysis | New York | New Jersey | Natural Disasters | Climate Change

A Model for Disability Justice in Emergency Shelters

In the face of the escalating climate crisis, a New Jersey organization has created a replicable shelter simulation model that makes temporary housing more inclusive for disabled people.

Marianne Dhenin | Nov 21, 2023

Opinion | Murmurations | Disability | COVID

Murmurations: Loneliness As Fermentation

Solitude can create something new out of the process of decay.

chelsea cleveland | Sep 28, 2023

Diversifying Hollywood From the Ground Up

Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.

Jonita Davis | Mar 29, 2023

Opinion | California | Climate Change

Power Outages Can Be Life-Threatening for Disabled Youth

Access to electrical power during outages is an equity issue for low-income California residents, especially those with children who rely on medical devices.

Jennifer McLelland | Mar 16, 2023

How to Get Nurses Back in Homes Supporting Disabled Children

Faced with a national shortage of nurses, children with disabilities or chronic illnesses in California are unable to access the home nurses to which they’re entitled by the state. Advocates say the problem is fixable.

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Feb 21, 2023

Opinion | COVID-19 | Disability rights

It’s Time to Make Accessibility Our Collective Responsibility

More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.

Jennifer McLelland | Dec 2, 2022

Group of diverse disabled people celebrating

New Book Says It’s Time to Move Beyond Disability Rights and Embrace Disability Justice

“The Future Is Disabled” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha moves much-needed conversations on disability and mutual aid into the spotlight while pushing readers to confront their preconceived ideas about who belongs in the future.

Anna Hamilton | Nov 3, 2022

Opinion | Abortion

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