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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University at Albany
Smart Ass Cripple: When Justice Is Too Little, Too Late
After decades of foot-dragging, three states are finally offering reparations to the victims of eugenics programs in the early twentieth century. Read more
Nov 28, 2022
Disability Rights
Smart Ass Cripple: Remembering Lois Curtis, a Disability Rights Hero
Her determination to live a life outside an institution has set free disabled people across the country. Read more
Nov 18, 2022
PopTech
Smart Ass Cripple: The GOP’s Ableist Targeting of John Fetterman
In Republican campaign strategy, no marginalized group is off limits. Read more
Oct 25, 2022
Dom Dada
Smart Ass Cripple: Disabled Voters in Indiana Get an Absentee Voting Rights Win
Absentee voters with disabilities in the Hoosier State faced burdensome requirements. A federal judge agreed. Read more
Oct 12, 2022
Chris Yarzab
Smart Ass Cripple: Disabled Voters in Alabama Are Suing for Ballot Privacy
If I wanted to cast a ballot on my own, I couldn’t do so with a paper ballot. Read more
Sep 29, 2022
Shutterstock
Smart Ass Cripple: What Doctors Don’t Understand About Disability
When it turns out we're not interested in being 'cured,' health professionals often write us off as a lost cause. Read more
Sep 22, 2022
Giving Birth While Disabled
A Florida mother’s child was taken from her by authorities in 2018. Now her case could change things. Read more
Sep 15, 2022
Smart Ass Cripple: Defunding the ‘Infrastructure of Care’
I can’t applaud the Inflation Reduction Act when it leaves out funding for an essential program for disabled folks. Read more
Aug 29, 2022
