America Is Not Ready for Disability Disaster Response in the Coming Hurricane Season
FEMA and the Red Cross talk a good game, but the disability community is skeptical.
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Banning Straws Won't Save the Oceans
Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let's hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.
A Conversation With Author Nicola Griffith
Griffith's new novel is a thriller that also helps dismantle the idea that disability is necessarily tragic.
A Texas Principal and the Casual Criminalization of Race and Disability in Schools
School officials shouldn't joke about calling the cops on vulnerable children. They should also stop treating non-compliance as criminal.
Why Critics Say It's Time to Abolish ICE
Critics argue that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is rotten to its very core.
How to Write Great Sci-Fi About Disability Law
John Scalzi's latest novel conjures a fantastical world where the plot revolves around the Americans With Disabilities Act—and it's gripping.
How 'Deaf President Now' Changed America
A brief history of the movement that transformed a university and helped catalyze the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Lawmakers Keep Making Schools More Dangerous for Vulnerable Children
Instead of decriminalizing our schools, too many teachers and school police continue to escalate.
Can Technology Really 'Give Voice' to Disabled People?
Beyond the hype and hyperbole, technologies largely thought to universally empower the "voiceless" are still subject to disempowering structural inequalities.
Gerber's New Spokesbaby Has Down Syndrome. So What?
Commercial images of cute white babies with Down syndrome aren't revolutionary anymore.
Stop Using Down Syndrome as Anti-Choice Propaganda
Right-wing activists hope that photos of kids with Down syndrome will keep Ireland from legalizing abortion.
Your Pills Are Spying on You
How smart pills and surveillance capitalism threaten civil rights.
How IQ Tests Are Perverted to Justify the Death Penalty
Research has identified embedded racism in IQ tests. Now, prosecutors in at least eight states are using that research—to legalize more executions.
How Disability Activists Are Playing the Long Game Under Trump
An interview with Anita Cameron, a legend among disability rights activists.
How Disabled People Care for Each Other When Doctors Can't
In her new film Unrest, Jennifer Brea offers a groundbreaking look at the power of community where medicine falls short.
When Deafness Is Medicalized: Inside the Culture Clash Over Cochlear Implants
Some fear that, by offering deaf people access to sound, so-called bionic ears could spell the end of the culture built around ASL.
Disability and Disaster Response in the Age of Climate Change
Meet the people working to fix America's disability disaster response after a year of dire weather.
How Comic Books Can Get Even Better for Dyslexic Readers
While the medium is relatively accessible for people with reading difficulties, its lettering norms are still leaving some behind.
How the Proposed GOP Tax Plan Will Punish Disabled Americans
Tax credits and medical deductions make many disabled lives easier. The GOP wants to end them.
The Meaning of Betsy DeVos' Rollback on Disability Rights
Ten months in, the damage that DeVos is doing to America's most vulnerable is becoming clear.
Watching Hamilton With Hearing Difficulties
How a pair of $15 headphones brought my son with Down syndrome to his favorite musical.
Inside the Organization Saving Disabled People During Hurricane Harvey
An interview with Paul Timmons, co-founder of a non-profit that helps the most vulnerable escape from natural disasters.
Florida Demands Parents Call Their Kids 'Limited' or Lose Health Care
America's scarcity model for disability treatment is pushing parents to answer impossible questions.
Are Internet Standards Standing in the Way of Digital Accessibility?
Disabled people often need to modify digital content so they can consume it. Some advocates are worried new standards will turn them into criminals.