Disability Rights
Stories from the front lines of the struggle for disability rights
Our daily reporting covers aspects of health, community, economy, international relations, and social justice relative to the struggle for disability rights.
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Smart Ass Cripple: Social Security Rules Are Changing for the Better, But Not by Much
Let’s get rid of the very notion that $941 a month is enough to get by just fine. Read more
Mar 9, 2023
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Smart Ass Cripple: Returning to the (Terrible) Old Normal
As the United States’ COVID-19 public health emergency ends, so will pandemic era benefits that made life more livable for many. Read more
Feb 21, 2023
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Smart Ass Cripple: The Right to Get Stoned (and Other Things) Online
New federal lawsuit Rasheta Bunting v. Housing Works Cannabis demonstrates how inaccessible websites can be just as limiting as inaccessible buildings. Read more
Feb 8, 2023
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The Long Road to #StoptheShock
For two decades, a Massachusetts school has been under fire for torturing disabled students with shock devices. Now, activist efforts to end the practice may soon pay off. Read more
Feb 1, 2023
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Laboring Under Discrimination
Seventeen states have taken steps to phase out subminimum wages for workers with disabilities, but Ohio isn’t one of them. Read more
Jan 30, 2023
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Remote Work Helps Disabled People Like Me—Let’s Hope It Never Ends
The jobless rate among disabled people has dropped dramatically during the pandemic. Read more
Jan 25, 2023
Smart Ass Cripple: The Right to Live
As long as the freedom to choose to die rather than live with a disability is seen as the right thing to do, I’ll take it as my duty to do the opposite. Read more
Jan 20, 2023
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Smart Ass Cripple: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
New York City’s new forced treatment policy revives the dangerous idea that we should segregate those we can’t care for. Read more
Jan 10, 2023
