The Labor Crisis Putting People With Disabilities at Risk The Labor Crisis Putting People With Disabilities at Risk
The workers who care for people with disabilities are underpaid, overwhelmed, and increasingly leaving the field. Advocates say action is desperately needed to stem the tide.
Jan 10, 2025 / Isabel Ruehl
The Media, Disability, and Me The Media, Disability, and Me
Working in media has always been an uphill battle for disabled writers, but an ever-shrinking industry gives “hard” a whole new meaning.
Dec 14, 2023 / Feature / Vilissa Thompson
The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability
Accessibility should not be a grudging afterthought. With planning, it can lead to elegant, beautiful, and engaging art.
Aug 1, 2023 / s.e. smith
When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All? When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All?
Disabled Canadians need support, but without proper government funding, voluntary death through MAID may be their only option.
Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Nora Loreto
We Need a New Body Politics We Need a New Body Politics
Our new special issue is about one thing: defending the right of everyone to be able to do what he or she or they want with their own body, free from political constraint.
Jun 23, 2023 / Emily Douglas, Regina Mahone for The Nation
Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying? Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying?
In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.
May 31, 2023 / Feature / Sara Luterman
“Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan “Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan
For Judith Heumann, and countless people with disabilities, “work until you die” was the only option. It’s past time to change that.
Mar 10, 2023 / Rebecca Cokley
Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of The Future Is Disabled, explains how disabled wisdom can help us all fight fascism and climate change.
Feb 10, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome? Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?
We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?
Nov 15, 2022 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows
Anthony Fauci understood that making people like Sandy who are living with a disease part of the research process leads to better science. But the rest of the NIH still hasn’t gott...
Sep 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves