With the disabled population so diverse in so many ways, how can outside observers — or disabled people themselves for that matter — ever get a grip on how disabled people really feel and think? One ...

A pink-haired Asian women sits in a wheelchair and is surrounded by art supplies. Source: Cottonbro/Pexels By Sydney Tran and Kathleen Bogart July marks Disability Pride Month, which celebrates the ...

What do you think of when you think of disability? Someone in a wheelchair? Someone who is blind and has a cane? Whatever they look like, their impairment means life can be harder for them. The fact ...

In late April 2022, Facebook users interested in disability issues and culture liked and shared a post by “Diary Of A Mom.” In it, the mother of an autistic young woman describes a series of ...

This is the final installment of a three-part series on aging and disabilities. In the USA during the 1970s, a movement began which was labeled the “Independent Living Movement.” As this name would ...

As Penn’s home for academic support and disability services, the Weingarten Center works with students in all 12 schools. Students seek assistance in strengthening their study strategies to undertake ...

Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the man tapped by President Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — regularly employs the word “retarded” to insult people on his social ...