It happens constantly: I meet a person for the first time, I’m in my wheelchair, we introduce ourselves, and then the first thing that person wants to talk about is the medical aspects of my ...

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population and ...

Disability often framed as a ‘problem’ in medical school curriculum for doctors to diagnose, treat Negative ideas about disability have a direct, negative effect on workforce diversity in medicine ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. It’s a good time to rethink not only how non-autistic or “neurotypical” people can best support autistic people –– but also how non-disabled people in general can do ...

"Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives — job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example… It is not a tragedy to me that I'm ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Editor’s Note: While some communities prefer disability-first language (“disabled person”), others ...

According to the preliminary findings of a study on the cost of secondary conditions among women with physical disabilities (n=443), the majority (60 percent) reported problems with circulation. In a ...

Larysa Kautz said that both of her parents, in addition to being immigrants, had “invisible disabilities” that limited their workplace opportunities. “My dad probably would have been diagnosed with ...

Demonstrators holding a banner during the Non-March For Disabled Women inside Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y., on January 19, 2019. (Barbara Alper / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that ...

As part of her research, Tessa Charlesworth challenged the longstanding assumption that implicit biases are so ingrained that they cannot be changed. Credit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Our ...

Disability access remains a problem in public spaces, and regardless of the strides we made during the pandemic, many of those accommodations were too quick to be eliminated. Having been a critic for ...