Saving the Oceans With My Son and Adrian Grenier
Some ocean advocates want to get rid of plastic straws. But lots of Americans can’t drink without them.
How to Break Ground for Deaf Actors in Hollywood
Marlee Matlin, star of Freeform’s Switched at Birth, looks back on how the show became a “game changer” for diverse thespians before its final episode.
Day of the Dead Languages
Nearly 600 years ago, the author Geoffrey Chaucer opened his great work The Canterbury Tales with the observation…
The Supreme Court Sets a New Precedent on the Death Penalty and Disability
The state of Texas really wants to kill Bobby J. Moore. The Supreme Court, in its 5–3 decision…
Disabled Americans: Stop Murdering Us
I went to Washington, D.C., to mourn all the disabled people killed last year by their caregivers—and to join the fight to keep them from being forgotten.
How Academic Jobs Screen Out Disabled People
Nearly every academic job listing claims not to discriminate based on disability. A lot of them still do.
Down Syndrome and the Stories We Tell
My non-verbal son’s reactions to stories and films tell me he’s competent in ways he can’t yet express — and I can’t yet fully understand.
How to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline? Stop Treating Disabled and Minority Students as Criminals
The criminalization of simple disciplinary matters in American K-12 bears especially hard on disabled and minority students. In South Carolina, at long last, that pattern could be changing.
‘PC Policing’ by Student Activists Is a Red Herring
While the media demonizes student activists, it’s the regressive hierarchy of universities that poses the real threat to freedom of speech.