The Need for More Adaptive Fashion
Clothes are an Important Tool for Self-Identity and Representation that is Largely Missing in the Disability Community In the past couple...
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Funding Diverse and Inclusive Community-Led Solutions to Climate Change
President and CEO of Global Greengrants Discusses the Importance of Representation for the Disability Community in Climate Justice...
Fighting Stereotypes with my Paracheerleader Team
Every movie about high school includes at least one scene with high school sports. A typical part of that scene is a group of...
Why the Disability Movement Should be a Part of Universities’ Diversity Inclusion Programming
The Call to Higher Education to Include Disabilities in Campus Programming This past spring semester, I attended Duke University in...
Aiming for the Stars
The European Space Agency is Calling for Astronaut Candidates with Physical Disabilities In the entire history of human civilization,...
Changing the System for People with Disabilities in Australia
Commissioner Alastair McEwin Shares his Optimism for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with...
The U.S. Needs to Ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Biden Administration Needs to Make the Ratification a Priority for the Near The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...
The World Needs More Disability Representation in Literature
A Call to Diversify Fiction Growing up, I can’t say that I saw myself represented on the pages of the books I read. Only once did I...
Accountability Advocates
How Can We Hold Ourselves and Companies We Support Accountable? I have never thought about monitoring my energy usage. Currently, I have...
Designing the World to Accommodate Disabilities
Architect Karen Braitmayer Shares Stories from her Accessibility Consulting Firm When Karen Braitmayer enters a space, she immediately...
The Future of Accessibility in Computing Starts with a Single College Class
Inside the Course called Inclusive Making at Northwestern University In the realm of computer science, rarely do professors take the time...
Eyes on The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
A Brief History of the Paralympics and Its Impact on Athletes with Disabilities The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finished off strong on...
The Power of the Paralympics
How Media Attention Towards the Paralympics Could Reinforce the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Positive Changes for the Disability Community The...
Fight the Good Fight
The Issues Stay the Same, But the Fight Continues... The word “protest” usually brings a vivid image to most people’s mind. A large group...
Nothing About Us Without Us
Getting a Seat at the Table The concept of "nothing about us without us" is very important. It is important for those affected by an...
How to Adapt U.S. Disability Advocacy Systems in Other Countries
The Importance of Being an Active Observer in Other Cultures For John A. Lancaster, a gunshot wound in the Vietnam War changed the...
How the American Jobs Plan Will Impact Americans with Disabilities
Four Ways the Legislation Could Help the Disability Community In the realm of politics, rarely are people with disabilities mentioned as...
How to Change the Narrative Towards the Disabled Community
The Need for a Big Attitude Shift to Move the Disability Advocacy Movement Forward Historically, the tale of the disabled community has...
