To the casual observer, I look pretty “normal.” If you catch me walking down the street, you probably can’t tell I’m in pain, probably dizzy, a little more reliant on my maps app than I should have to ...

In early 1990, the proposed Americans with Disabilities Act was stalling in Congress. After years and years of grassroots lobbying to pass legislation that would ensure civil rights protections for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. No matter how they were edited or intended, these remarks ...

When staff at my hospital asked me repeatedly, “Are you ready to join the on-call schedule?”, I felt both discouraged and inadequate. I understood they hoped to lower the on-call demands facing my ...

ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability ...

A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Most disabled people at one time or another worry that we and our so-called ...

Words have power. This is also true of the words we use around disability. If you scroll through news articles about people with disabilities, you may see words or phrases like “stricken with multiple ...

Dessa Cosma is the executive director of Detroit Disability Power. Detroit Disability Power’s mission is to leverage and build the organizing and political power of the disability community to ensure ...