disability
This Designer Is Turning Assistive Devices Into Stylish Accessories
This designer’s rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis led her to rethink how assistive devices like compression gloves could look.
By Olivia Tauber
Meet the Disabled Creators Training Their Own Service Dogs on TikTok
The ADA allows you to train your own service dog, and these creators are showing the joys and challenges of the process.
By Maya Cruz
How to Find an Accessible Chest Binder as a Disabled Trans Person
Because everyone deserves gender euphoria.
By Emma Cieslik
Internet “Child Safety” Laws Overlook Young People With Disabilities
Online communities are critical for young people with disabilities
By Aliya Bhatia and Ariana Aboulafia
Paralympian Ezra Frech on His Back-to-Back Gold Medals and The Art of Manifesting
Literally, he's the manifestation master.
By Aiyana Ishmael
This Athlete Just Made Paralympic History to Show That Afghan Women "Cannot Be Silenced"
Zakia Khudadadi won the Refugee Paralympic Team's first ever medal.
By Brittney McNamara
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
By Alice Wong
Why This Doctor Is Fighting for Her Patients’ Pain to Be Taken More Seriously
After her cancer diagnosis, Diana Cejas better understood ableism in the medical field. Now, she's against fighting it.
By Adaira Landry
After I Lost a Leg, I Learned About the Surprising History of Prosthetics
World War I had a lot to do with it.
By Lindsey Roy
The Live Music Industry Is Failing Fans with Disabilities
The summer of the Renaissance and Eras tours has been very different for disabled fans.
By Nicole Rosiak
What It’s Like to Lose Your Ability to Speak
The Passy Muir® Valve was designed to help people with tracheostomies, like me.
By Alice Wong
We Need More Wheelchair Barbie
Seeing her briefly on the big screen was a reminder of the importance in showing up where people don't expect us.
By Madison Lawson
Comprehensive Sex Ed Means Including People With Disabilities
Inclusion benefits everyone.
By Shatika Turner
Unions Need to Show Solidarity With Disabled Colleagues
People with disabilities can’t be an afterthought.
By Katie Walsh
What Coachella Is Like for Disabled and Chronically Ill People
“Having fun is a need too,” one attendee says.
By Fortesa Latifi
Why Disability Activists Are Organizing Against Assisted Suicide Laws
Organizers worry disabled people are being coerced into accepting this path.
By John Loeppky
Disabled TikTokers Co-Sign The SKIMS Adaptive Line
In response to Candace Owens, creators are posting about the need for adaptive clothing and representation.
By Fortesa Latifi
It Is a Lot of Work to Be Poor and Disabled
The rollback of emergency public health measures enacted during the pandemic will make things worse.
By Alice Wong
How Do I Navigate Mental Health Issues at Work?
Sometimes your job itself can be the problem.
By Rainesford Stauffer
What I Learned From Having to Crowdfund My Medical Care
After an unexpected hospitalization, I leaned on my community more than ever.
By Alice Wong