Tag: disability

Disability advocate Spencer West explores authenticity, self-discovery, and overcoming expectations in his new book, "Breaking Free: Stop Following Expectations and ...

After seven months of training, 19 Paralympians have graduated from the IPC's first Para Athlete Professionals Course. Discover how this ...

An upper-limb amputee shares how she defines “reasonable accommodations” in daily life, challenging one-size-fits-all accessibility and advocating for equal access.

What happens when young adults with limb loss come together in one room? At the Amputee Coalition’s National Conference, one ...

Only the fittest survive in nature. So how, asks an evolutionary theorist, do so many animals prosper after limb loss? ...

Few educators have done more than Kasey Galik to destigmatize disability. That makes her a perfect ambassador for Easterseals’ “Disability ...

Why do major stock-image companies have dozens of misleading AI-generated images of amputees in their catalogs? We asked a senior ...

In "Against Technoableism," amputee author Ashley Shew draws a sharp line between technology that herds disabled bodies toward nondisabled standards, ...

Amputee comedians like Courtney Gilmour and Tre NuBB make audiences howl. They also get people to think seriously about disability.

As an amputee in medical school, I've been mindful of how students are taught about disability. What do I want ...

When we spoke to Lacey Henderson back on March 19, the Paralympics were still supposedly going to be held on ...