Excerpt from “The Anti-ADA Bar Crawl – Is Your Business at Risk?”
President George Bush Sr. on the White House Lawn signing the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 When I was…
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Does SSDI force poverty on disabled people? “Oh, you poor person with a disability…” No really, people with disabilities are…
Airlines Consider our Wheelchairs & Mobility Devices as “Luggage”
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I Learned I Would Never Walk Again and My Life Changed Forever
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ADA Fails to Regulate Bed Heights in Hotels – FIGHT BACK NOW!
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I am a Disabled Person, Not a Person with a Disability
An Argument against Person-First Language By Sarah Marks I was born with Spina Bifida. As a result, I am…
Trump’s Hostility Toward Immigrants Hurting Disabled
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Living Abroad: An American Wheelchair User’s Perspective
Living Abroad in a Wheelchair Having lived in Europe for the past two years, my friends and family often ask…
Stephanie Woodward Interview: Dragged from Her Wheelchair and Arrested at ADAPT Protest
Interview with #ADAPT Activist Stephanie Woodward We asked Stephanie Woodward about her feelings in the aftermath of her arrest on…
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act: The Long Road Toward Inclusion
As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. so famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends…
Gina Schuh on Fire! Disabled Community: “Stand Up (for yourself) Lazy Ass”!
Gina Schuh on Fire! Standing up for disability rights You know what’s sad about the majority of the disabled community?…
“Gimp Gatherings”: Organized Vigilante Style Advocacy
When I broke my neck at 18, I quickly realized the world was not as accessible as I perceived it…