By Drew Dakessian The disability justice movement has long had an unofficial slogan: “Nothing about us without us.” It asserts that the lived experience of disabled people is critical to policies that affect them and to stories that center…
Why People With Disabilities Don’t Want to Go “Back To Normal”
by Hailey Hudson As the vaccine rollout continues across the globe, our social media feeds are full of photos from cookouts, videos from vacations and status updates of being back in the office once again. Most people feel nothing but…
Why the #FreeBritney Movement Intersects with the Disability Rights Movement
By Sarah Kim While conservatorships have been around for decades, it was not until pop star Britney Spears’s ongoing conservatorship dispute made the headlines in early 2021 that such a concept came to be mainstream. The topic started to grab…
What’s Up WID: Disability Inclusion Transcripts
>> Ashley Inkumsah: Hello everyone and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability, biweekly podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community, across the globe. I’m your host Ashley Inkumsah and I’m so excited…
Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies
>> MEGAN LANG: Welcome to our Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration town hall. My name is Megan Lang, and we would first like to announce that we are recording this webinar. It is also currently being live streamed on…
What’s Up WID: Institutionalization of People with Disabilities
Black Disabled Global Disaster Experiences: Action Strategies
At this event, Black disabled panelists from our February GADRA event returned to discuss how to: address racism and ableism, build forward to create an equitable culture and center Black leadership. Captions in English and American Sign Language were provided.…
GADRA: Experiences of Black Disabled People During & After Disasters Transcript
>> DUSTIN SNOWADSKY: Hello, welcome to the town hall with the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration. My name is Dustin and we would first like to announce that we are recording this webinar, it is also currently being live…
FREEkey is Developing Personal Assistance Services in Hungary Through the Pandemic
by Borbála Ivicsics Hello, my name is Borbála Ivicsics, Bori for short. I live in Hungary, located in Central/Eastern Europe. I have been living with a physical disability my whole life, but I would say that I became a disability activist…