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You Can't Bring that With You'
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (313+ words) Attractions that disallow wheeled walkers are facing legal repercussions, as well they should. People with disabilities who get around by using one of those wheeled walkers with an attached seat are not allowed to bring them inside of Sea World…...
The ABLE Act Reduces Some Harm But Does Not Address Underlying Causes
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (726+ words) Recipients of Supplemental Security Income must still play what amounts to an impoverishment game. It's good news, in a way, that now that we're in 2026, millions more people with disabilities are eligible'in the United States'to open ABLE accounts. This expanded…...
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
3+ day, 30+ min ago (298+ words) At Fountain House, an inclusive community for people living with mental illness offers an alternative to hospitals and social isolation. "They said, "Well, you know, we'll help you. .. . It's nothing to be ashamed of," says Mc Gill. "So, somehow, I…...
We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (255+ words) An interview with Laura Guzman of the National Harm Reduction Coalition. Q: Can you explain what harm reduction is? Q: What do you say to somebody who is unfamiliar with harm reduction and believes it does "facilitate illicit drug use," as the…...
The Solution to Our Mental Health Crisis Is Political
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1028+ words) The Progressive The psychologist Richard Bentall has noted that a child diagnosed with leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, in the 1970s faced roughly a 20 percent likelihood of survival, but in the present day, the likelihood of survival for a child…...
ICE's War on People with Disabilities
4+ week, 1+ min ago (546+ words) According to a title card in the approximately ten-minute film, about 300, 000 people with disabilities have been rounded up by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and other federal agents. Greenwald's documentary highlights several people with physical and developmental disabilities who…...
A Dire Need for Accessible Housing
4+ week, 1+ day ago (313+ words) Marcus Aurelius via Pexels People with disabilities encounter systemic obstacles to finding a place to live. Everyone complains about how hard it is to find decent, affordable housing. But imagine how much more frustrating and futile that search would feel…...
Health Care Is the Way for Democrats to Win
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (858+ words) When someone is sick in this country, they don't ask for a politician. They ask for a doctor, a nurse, or a therapist'a front line health care worker. They look for someone they trust. Right now, our country's health care…...
The Caregiver Who Can't Afford Health Care
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (754+ words) Graphic by Christopher Cruz More than three million people work as home and personal caregivers, but with low wages and changes to tax credits, many of them cannot afford health insurance. "I wanted to keep them with family," she tells…...
ICE's Mistreatment of People with Disabilities
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (371+ words) Chad Davis (CC BY-SA 4. 0) Advocates document a "pattern of neglect" toward the most vulnerable. It has long been known that having a disability greatly increases a person"s risk of being subjected to the use of force and even dying…...