"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 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- An overlooked chapter in the history of the disability rights movement takes center stage at the Oscars on ABC this Sunday. Two producer-directors from Oakland are nominated for ...

Judy Heumann was denied enrollment to a Brooklyn elementary school as a 5-year-old girl due to her use of a wheelchair, which she needed as a result of polio. She spent her summers at a New York camp ...

When Ari Ne’eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an “epidemic” that “destroys families,” Ne’eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...

Childhood -- Institutions, part 1 -- Discrimination, part 1 -- Institutions, part 2 -- The University of Illinois -- Discrimination, part 2, and early advocacy -- The parents' movement -- Activists ...

A project has been launched in the hope of chronicling memories from the disability arts movement. Vici Wreford-Sinnott, from Saltburn, is helping to collect untold stories from people involved. She ...

The directive, though it is being framed as routine administration, exposes how disabled bodies are increasingly treated as ...

A full transcript of the podcast episode is included at the end of this article. Often when Mike Ervin sees other wheelchair users about to board the bus or enter a train station in Chicago, he feels ...

Disability studies has gained prominence in recent years, transforming fields ranging from design to literary studies with insurgent approaches to access and representation. The newest volume of ...