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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …