“I don’t have to be cured to be happy. I don’t have to conform to the physical notion of perfection (whatever that is) to be a whole person.” — Disabled commenter at eparent.com. “Many disabled people ...

Having a disability is tiring. Every day you have to plan for things that other people just don’t have to. Yet, most "disability awareness" content, for Disability Pride Month and other occasions, ...

Disabled isn't a bad word. That's the message writer Melissa Blake wants to send this Disability Pride Month as she advocates to change people's misconceptions about people with disabilities. "So ...

My son Otto started preschool this fall. The previous year, during every daycare pickup, our reunion was routinely punctuated by the same questions from the other 3-year-olds in the room: Why are you ...

On Sept. 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher's car stalled on a busy road on the Northside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crutcher, an amateur singer, had just left Tulsa Community College, where he'd found out that his ...

Our year-end fundraiser is over, but thanks to a generous supporter, your gift can still be matched for a limited time. Your ...

Though SECURE eliminated the life expectancy payout for inherited retirement benefits for most beneficiaries, it preserved that favorable payout option for five classes of eligible designated ...

Marcus-David Peters had just left his day job teaching high school biology and arrived at his second job at a hotel, where he worked as a part-time security guard, when he apparently experienced a ...

It was just after 10 a.m. on a bustling, bleary-eyed morning at the AltaMed clinic in Pico Rivera, and Dr. Marie Flores was fighting to keep herself composed. The waiting room was full. A line snaked ...

In June 2021, Jim Sheridan, director of the 1990 Academy Award-winning film My Left Foot, said he didn't think he could have made the film today without casting a disabled actor in the lead. "I don't ...