They need to hear a different message, about thinking before speaking, respecting disabled people’s boundaries, and restraining their burning curiosity. The whole incident suggests that in ...

T he way people with disabilities are treated is backsliding in the U.S., advocates say. Cruel names are slung around without ...

Doing this work takes critical thinking on a number of levels. First, we must recognize and critique the medical model of disability, which frames disability as an individual deficit within a person ...

In this way of thinking, needing glasses is like being ... just another human characteristic doesn’t do much to help disabled people live better, feel better, or navigate the world better.

In some ways 2024 has been a starring moment for disabled people – a year that has seen barriers smashed, expectations defied and made the public sit up and take notice. At the Paralympics, Team GB ...

Her advice to non-disabled people thinking about asking someone about their impairment is "don't do it" and if you want to offer help, "just make sure you are open to the response of the disabled ...