Disability rights

Stefanie ProjectLETS

Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That

With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.

Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

Handgun Sale

Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns. Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns.

The real threat isn’t “madmen”—it’s accessibility.

Feb 23, 2018 / s.e. smith

A participant holds a sign saying

Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act

You can also get your friends to call Congress to oppose Trump’s infrastructure plan and support undocumented youth walking from New York City to DC.

Feb 13, 2018 / NationAction

‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’

‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’ ‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’

Disability activists are at the forefront of direct action against Trump.

Jan 10, 2018 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

Ohio abortion-rights activists

Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights Republicans Are Using Fear of Eugenics to Attack Reproductive Rights

Cute kids with Down syndrome, like my son, should never be an excuse to deny access to an abortion.

Jan 4, 2018 / David M. Perry

Oklahoma state Capitol protests

States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents

Individuals with disabilities helped saved Medicaid at the federal level. Now states are abandoning them.

Nov 14, 2017 / David M. Perry

GOP repeal protester

In the Fight to Save Health Care, the Heroes Ride on Wheelchairs—and Wear Pink In the Fight to Save Health Care, the Heroes Ride on Wheelchairs—and Wear Pink

Once again, women, people with disabilities, queer people, and people of color are at the forefront of the struggle to save this country from itself.

Oct 23, 2017 / Jennifer Flynn

Anti-Police Brutality Protest

4 Disabled People Dead in Another Week of Police Brutality 4 Disabled People Dead in Another Week of Police Brutality

Police don’t need better training; they need to stop treating noncompliance as justification for violence.

Sep 22, 2017 / David M. Perry

Body autonomy

My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left

From disability rights to Black Lives Matter to the environmental movement, bodily autonomy can bring together disparate strands of the American left.

Sep 13, 2017 / David M. Perry

An elderly woman in a wheelchair is rescued from the flood waters of tropical storm Harvey in east Houston, Texas, U.S., August 28, 2017.

Support People With Disabilities Facing Harvey Support People With Disabilities Facing Harvey

You can also take action to defend DACA and join a march to confront white supremacy.

Aug 29, 2017 / NationAction

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