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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018, in Dunfermline, Scotland. The play park has been specially designed for both non-disabled children and children with physical and learning difficulties and is the largest of its kind in Scotland.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A New Playground Specially Designed for Disabled Children Opens in Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Four student leaders of the Deaf President Now protest—Tim Raurus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok, and Jerry Covell—leading protesters at Gallaudet University in March of 1988.

Education

How ‘Deaf President Now’ Changed America

A brief history of the movement that transformed a university and helped catalyze the Americans With Disabilities Act.

David M. Perry

Social Justice

Parents With Disabilities Face an Uphill Battle to Keep Their Children

Child removals due to disability are increasingly common, but parents have begun to fight back.

Robyn Powell

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing concerning the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget on May 24th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

How to Save Medicaid Through Direct Action

One disability rights group from Colorado offers a lesson in how to make your representatives listen.

David M. Perry

Social Justice

When Disability Is Misdiagnosed as Bad Behavior

There's no one way to look or be disabled. When someone asks for an accommodation, believe them.

David M. Perry

News in Brief

My Story as a DMV Edge Case: How to Battle Bureaucracy and Win

When I showed up with paperwork for my low-vision condition, the DMV was totally baffled. Here's how I walked them through an edge case and how you can use the strategies yourself.

Hannah Birch

Social Justice

When Teachers Abuse Disabled Children

Three new reports highlight the widespread and corrosive effects of treating developmentally disabled children like criminals. These patterns of abuse bear most heavily on children of color.

David M. Perry