Perhaps you recently came across the term “ableism” in a blog, social media post, or elsewhere on the internet. You vaguely recognized the term, but you didn’t quite understand what it meant. Or maybe ...

A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Most disabled people at one time or another worry that we and our so-called ...

An important thing to understand about ableism that disabled people have limited choices in how to respond to it. Two main questions dominate most discussions about ableism. One is about what does and ...

In early 1990, the proposed Americans with Disabilities Act was stalling in Congress. After years and years of grassroots lobbying to pass legislation that would ensure civil rights protections for ...

Yesterday, I was blocked from commenting or posting in a Facebook group for parents of autistic children for 24 hours. What did I say to garner such a punishment? In response to a commenter who ...

The term ableism is gaining momentum. For instance, the National Institutes of Health is now calling for research on the effects of ableism on disabled people's health. But what does ableism actually ...