Every time I start to write about what it’s like to be disabled, to live with chronic pain, I ameventually reminded by some well-meaning reader of The Rule: we’re not …
Disabled New Yorkers Fear CDPAP Transition as April 1 Deadline Looms
This is no April Fools’ joke. Thousands of disabled New Yorkers stand to lose their personal care assistance services if a transition of New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program …
Assisted Suicide is Wrong! Don’t Believe the Lies.
There’s a long history of disability rights opposition to assisted suicide, or what the proponents like to call “medical aid in dying” going back to the 1970s. In 2012 I …
I Define Disability Pride.
July was Disability Pride month. As I reflect on my disability and the upcoming 38th anniversary of my accident on August 22, 1983, where I sustained a spinal cord injury, …
ADA 31st Anniversary
My ADA Anniversary Wish List This has been an unprecedented year for the disability community. As we celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we can reflect …
Disabled People Penalized for Getting Married
I am elated that the Supreme Court ruled today in favor of marriage equality for same-sex and some transgender couples. Poetically, it is a day that is very special to …
A Wheelchair Wheel Conundrum
I was having one of the best conversation with a woman when I realized, once again, I was faced with an awkward moment, “The Wheelchair Wheel conundrum.” I had responded …
Wheelchair Bound Only in Playing 50 Shades of Grey
Editor’s note: “The only time you can say I’m wheelchair bound is when I’m playing the lead role in Fifty Shades of Grey” was a meme we put out to …
Inspiration Porn Debate
On a recent day last April, during a speech at the Ted-X conference in Australia, disabled activist Stella Young coined a new phrase that has since rocked the disabled community. …