Reid Davenport's new documentary 'Life After' examines the story of Elizabeth Bouvia, who had cerebral palsy, and legislation surrounding the right to die Taku Kumabe Director Reid Davenport's new ...
A Rutgers University report says about 40 million U.S. voters are disabled. Advocates say they are less likely to receive political information and can face voting challenges. FILE - A woman in a ...
The Trump administration is considering a rule that could cut federal benefits for up to 400,000 disabled adults and older ...
George H.W. Bush showed how Republicans can be disabled Americans’ greatest allies. Why isn’t Donald Trump honoring his ...
Disabled people have sex. They even enjoy it. I’ve interviewed disabled people about their intimate lives for over two decades. I’ve also spoken to countless parents, carers and professionals about ...
There is no single, unanimous “disabled people’s perspective” on whether or not we want to be cured of our disabling conditions, or on how highly we prioritize cure or medical improvement as a goal.
For one of our inaugural stories, we sat down with Samantha Figgins, an Alvin Ailey dancer with hearing loss, to talk about what it means to see your disability as a strength. Shuran Huang for ...
If the government websites where people find jobs and access training remain inaccessible, the fight to close the disability ...
As a toddler, Veronica Ayala loved Fridays. At 5 o’clock sharp, her mom whisked her away from the grim Moody State School for Cerebral Palsied Children for a 48-hour reprieve. Ayala’s house was mere ...
In 1895, New York City drafted a law that would have made it illegal for disabled people to exist in public spaces. The law was never passed in NYC, but for nearly a century, other cities across ...