“I don’t have to be cured to be happy. I don’t have to conform to the physical notion of perfection (whatever that is) to be a whole person.” — Disabled commenter at eparent.com. “Many disabled people ...
Having a disability is tiring. Every day you have to plan for things that other people just don’t have to. Yet, most "disability awareness" content, for Disability Pride Month and other occasions, ...
Disabled isn't a bad word. That's the message writer Melissa Blake wants to send this Disability Pride Month as she advocates to change people's misconceptions about people with disabilities. "So ...
On Sept. 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher's car stalled on a busy road on the Northside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crutcher, an amateur singer, had just left Tulsa Community College, where he'd found out that his ...
Mattlin is a Los Angeles-based writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, and elsewhere, and been broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. He is the ...
When singer-songwriter Lizzo's new single, "Grrrls," sparked a heated online discussion over the weekend about ableist language, Black disabled activist Vilissa Thompson noticed that the conversations ...
Kate’s email suggests that someone in her neighborhood is abusing disabled-parking privileges. She has two questions: How long can a car occupy a handicapped parking space? Can a disabled parking ...
If a disabled person does get married, they risk losing federal benefits such as Supplemental Security Income or Disabled Adult Child, which provide funds they need to live independently with their ...
For years, people with disabilities have been promised that autonomous vehicles are right around the corner. Self-driving cars will open up new possibilities for people with vision, hearing, and ...
Though SECURE eliminated the life expectancy payout for inherited retirement benefits for most beneficiaries, it preserved that favorable payout option for five classes of eligible designated ...
Marcus-David Peters had just left his day job teaching high school biology and arrived at his second job at a hotel, where he worked as a part-time security guard, when he apparently experienced a ...
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