As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...
Invisible disabilities don’t come with obvious signs and are often met with skepticism. This disbelief can sometimes be more ...
Living with a less immediately visible or less widely understood disability can often be lonely, in part because our friends and family members don’t always know what our experience of the world is ...
When we use the term “disability,” many people think about the obvious, including mobility impairments and common sensory disabilities, such as blindness. However, disabilities also include a number ...
My wheelchair hides my worst disability. Most people probably think that having spinal muscular atrophy — a neuromuscular weakness I’ve had since birth — is the nastiest thing that ever happened to me ...
February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month. For those of us living with disabilities, it’s always on our ...
LSA junior Claire Abraham has been in a wheelchair since she was four. At 18 months, Abraham was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy — a neuromuscular disease that essentially breaks down her motor ...
Going to the washroom or taking a seat on the Tube was never something I expected to become scared of but using disabled services as a young person with an invisible illness has left me facing a lot ...
Yvonne Yancy is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Understood, the only lifelong guide for those with learning and thinking differences. Companies across the U.S. have been grappling with their ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. “When systems only validate severe, visible impairment,” Wadood said, “women with real but ...