From Rocky Dennis to Dating Apps: Still No Button for That 🎉 Happy 22nd Birthday, AudacityMagazine.com! Celebrate 22 years of fearless, unapologetic voices that challenge, provoke, and uplift. When Ramps …
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 …
Welcome to June—the cosmic halftime show of 2025. Well, almost. But let’s get ahead of the curve. Whether you’re sweating through a heatwave in the Northern Hemisphere or bundling up …
Living 36 years in a wheelchair hasn’t stopped me from wanting more from life—or from rejecting anyone who tries to shame me for it. In my 54 years of living—and …
In 1981, we left behind the red and gold leaves of New York—the tall maples and oaks that lined our street—for Miami’s skinny palm trees and walls of heat. I …
As a physically disabled woman, I’ve received my fair share of help and given plenty of it too. But over time, I’ve learned a hard truth: helping someone doesn’t always …
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 …
I’ve always held myself to higher standards than anyone else. Part of it comes from necessity—when you’re a physically disabled woman navigating a world that wasn’t built for you, you …
Over the past few months, I’ve had conversations with people across different industries about the rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. For some, it was just another corporate …