America Keeps Criminalizing Autistic Children
When non-white autistic students get in trouble, schools have a track record of escalating tensions and treating it as a criminal matter.
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When Disability Rights Are Trans Rights
A recent case has opened the next frontier in the fight for transgender rights: the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Voting While Disabled: Inside the New ACLU Case
A new lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union alleges widespread disability discrimination in New Hampshire's absentee process.
The Ongoing Negotiations of Living Life with a Disability
Living one’s daily life with a disability can start to feel like an ongoing business transaction. By Rachel…
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.
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.
Meet the Radical Disabled Americans Fighting the GOP Health Care Bill
I joined a group of ADAPT protestors outside House Speaker Paul Ryan’s offices in Wisconsin. They say they’re…