Racism. Sexism. Homophobia. Gender inequality. These are just some of the challenging issues facing American society in 2021. How these factors intersect with one another and create overlapping ...
University of Wisconsin-Madison gender studies Prof. Sami Schalk delivered the final talk of the Gender & Sexuality Studies speaker series on Black Feminist Praxis on Friday. Schalk’s virtual ...
The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium is expanding its advocacy efforts within the disabled community, while also delving into the history of people of color with ...
April is Autism Awareness Month. Organizations such as The Color of Autism work to remind us that families of all backgrounds want to end the stigma associated with disabilities. Florida has made ...
Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...
Disabilities now account for the top type of discrimination complaints to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, edging out race complaints. Disability-related complaints accounted for 25% of the ...
On this episode of In The Know: The Truth Is, Chella Man (@chellaman) and Aaron Rose Philip (@aaron___philip) are joined by award-winning poet and disability activist, Kay Ulanday Barrett ...
More than 50 nonprofits have signed the Disability Inclusion Pledge, committing to do more to provide access and opportunity to individuals with disabilities. The grant makers among them are some of ...
Amidst the series of employment law changes set in motion by the King’s Speech in July, was a separate draft bill. While the Employment Rights Bill deals with the bulk of the promised changes, the ...
Racial and ethnic differences in the severity, prognosis, and mortality of multiple sclerosis (MS) have been the focus of intensifying research over the last decade, and emerging evidence suggests ...
This article comprises of excerpts from Community Care Inform’s guide to Initial meetings with young people: an intersectional and systemic approach. The guide is by Nick Marsh and Jahnine Davis, PhD ...
Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...