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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.

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.

How to Find an Accessible Chest Binder as a Disabled Trans Person

Because everyone deserves gender euphoria.

Internet “Child Safety” Laws Overlook Young People With Disabilities

Online communities are critical for young people with disabilities

Paralympian Ezra Frech on His Back-to-Back Gold Medals and The Art of Manifesting

Literally, he's the manifestation master.

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.

What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me

Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.

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.

After I Lost a Leg, I Learned About the Surprising History of Prosthetics

World War I had a lot to do with it.

The Live Music Industry Is Failing Fans with Disabilities

The summer of the Renaissance and Eras tours has been very different for disabled fans.

What It’s Like to Lose Your Ability to Speak

The Passy Muir® Valve was designed to help people with tracheostomies, like me.

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.

Comprehensive Sex Ed Means Including People With Disabilities

Inclusion benefits everyone.

Unions Need to Show Solidarity With Disabled Colleagues

People with disabilities can’t be an afterthought.

What Coachella Is Like for Disabled and Chronically Ill People

“Having fun is a need too,” one attendee says.

Why Disability Activists Are Organizing Against Assisted Suicide Laws

Organizers worry disabled people are being coerced into accepting this path.

Disabled TikTokers Co-Sign The SKIMS Adaptive Line

In response to Candace Owens, creators are posting about the need for adaptive clothing and representation. 

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.

How Do I Navigate Mental Health Issues at Work?

Sometimes your job itself can be the problem.

What I Learned From Having to Crowdfund My Medical Care

After an unexpected hospitalization, I leaned on my community more than ever.