It can be hard for teen girls with disabilities to reject the stereotypes they see in the media and in the able-bodied population. MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)—I didn’t find out I was autistic ...

The scene was both infuriating and painfully familiar to anyone who needs physical accommodation in a public space: On February 13, 2023, Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds, who is paralyzed from the ...

How Low Expectations and Ableism Shape Lives and How to Overcome Them. “They were all amazed when I told them you are doing your post-graduation. They thought you would have stopped studying after the ...

A new study documents how schools might be teaching autistic students that they are the problem and discouraging ...

After years of exclusively seeing able-bodied actors on my favorite TV shows, I never felt represented as a woman with a disability. But as I watched Netflix's Special alongside one of my best friends ...

It took me 21 years to openly say, "I'm disabled." For years, those two simple words felt like an admission of culpability or weakness. It wasn't until I consciously decided to broadcast my disability ...

This exhibit explores how internalized ableism is deeply ingrained in the ways we think about the bodies of people with disabilities. This series peels back inclusion, acceptance, and advocacy to ...

On the days my body is completely immobilized by pain, I wonder if my partner is going to leave me. He has given me no evidence that he plans to, but in my most vulnerable moments, I subconsciously ...