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Posted on: September 9, 2020 September 9, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
by Sabrina White The Social Security Administration (SSA)’s severely flawed disability determination/reconsideration process is having an even deadlier impact on persons with disabilities than usual. Granted, it is fully understood that the target populations for Social Security benefits are people…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: U.S. Disability Benefits Applicants in ‘Abyssful’ Purgatory”…
Posted on: September 2, 2020 September 2, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 1
By Kale Sastre When I first heard about Coronavirus, it didn’t seem much different than other health scares I’ve lived through. I thought this would be a good chance to get some cheap plane tickets, though I was disappointed that…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: Mental Health in the Time of Corona”…
Posted on: August 18, 2020 August 18, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
By Arundhati Nath India is the second-most populous country in the world with more than 1.3 billion people. According to the latest census conducted by the Government of India in 2011, only 26.8 million people with disabilities live in India. This is a mere 2.23%…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Exacerbated Pre-Existing Ableism & Difficulties in India”…
Posted on: August 12, 2020 August 12, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
by Emma Alpern For many stutterers, support groups are a source of community and empowerment outside of the world of corrective speech therapy. In meeting with other people who stutter — often for the first time — members experience conversation…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: The Stutter Box – The Alchemy of Support Groups for Stutterers”…
Posted on: August 5, 2020 August 5, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 1
by Shelley Lynn Tremain In Canada, no aspect of the COVID-19 state of emergency has demonstrated the egregious effects for seniors and younger disabled people of neoliberal austerity measures and government indifference to the lives of elders and disabled people…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: The Horrors of the Nursing Home-Industrial Complex in Canada”…
Posted on: August 4, 2020 March 15, 2022 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
From recording of the GADRA Launch event, held on Thursday, July 9, 2020. >> Kat: >> Kat: One moment, please. We’re just connecting to Facebook. >> Kat: All right! Hello, and welcome everyone to the launch of the Global Alliance…
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Posted on: July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
by Priti Salian It’s been several weeks since Barbra Anying went out to sell shoes in Lira, a city in northern Uganda. When non-essential businesses were prohibited to function due to the COVID-19 lockdown, she used up all her savings…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: In Uganda, COVID-19 restrictions are limiting access to sunscreen, critical for the survival of people with albinism”…
Posted on: July 22, 2020 July 22, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
by Bob Goldstraw “Only the vulnerable will be at risk. Your ‘only’ is my everything.” That was the last post that April Dunn put on her Facebook page. A fierce advocate for the rights of people with disabilities in Louisiana,…
Continue reading “Is Your Local Government Including People with Disabilities in Developing and Implementing Reopening Plans?”…
Posted on: July 15, 2020 July 15, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
by Aishwarya Chouhan On the 23rd of March, the Indian government imposed an abrupt nationwide lockdown to mitigate community transmission of the coronavirus. While prima facie the move seemed commendable, the unplanned lockdown came with unfair consequences for disabled people, especially…
Continue reading “COVID Blog: How the Indian Government and Judiciary Failed Disabled Migrant Workers”…
Posted on: July 8, 2020 July 8, 2020 Written by: moyawid Comments: 0
By Karen Fischer Gerard Buckley, a deaf resident of Rochester, New York and the President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), was checking out at a local grocery store when…
Continue reading “COVID Blogs: Impact of Face Masks on Communication & Education Opportunities for Deaf People”…
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12 Disabled LGBTQIA+ Activists & Advocates Who You Need to Know

By Charlotte Stasio There is a great deal of intersectionality between being LGBTQIA+ and disabled, with experiences like hiding an important part of your identity for your safety, discrimination, and social isolation often shared across these identities. In addition, cultural,…
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Airline Accessibility for Passengers with Disabilities

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Why Investing in Our Planet Will Help Save People with Disabilities

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Instagram & Body Dysmorphia: How Heavily Edited Photos Cause Mental Illness & Ableism

by Hannah Soyer Social media has been a blessing for many, especially those of us with disabilities who often find it difficult to access various physical spaces due to access barriers. But, like most Internet mediums, social media represents a…
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Ableist Language & Phrases That You May Unknowingly Use

By Drew Dakessian Ableist language is such a prevalent part of our cultural lexicon that even the best-intentioned and most well-informed people — from journalists to scholars to family and friends — often employ it in writing or conversation without…
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Marriage Penalty Prevents Marriage Equity for People with Disabilities

By Sarah Kim You’ve probably heard of marriage equality or marriage equity, likely in the context of LGBTQ+ rights. But there’s another kind of marriage inequity affecting people with disabilities: the disability marriage penalty. In this context, “marriage penalty” refers…
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Ashley Inkumsah:            Hello, everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID: The World Institute on Disability podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community across the globe. I’m your host, Ashley Inkumsah. On today’s episode, Sheryl Ellis is…
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