Ableist microaggressions are made by able-bodied people who don’t understand the realities of living with a disability.
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The six-time platinum-selling artist invites fans into an imagined future that celebrates Blackness and queerness.
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
Inclusive postsecondary education programs help students with intellectual disabilities make friends and become independent adults.
As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
Through the Scarborough Charter, many Canadian universities committed to fostering alternative ways of knowing. But more must be done to realize that commitment.
As governments start to return to a new normal, people with disabilities in care facilities are still in serious danger of being left behind during the coronavirus pandemic.
Involving people with disabilities in developing knowledge and policy on disability will significantly help reduce interest bias and untangle the complexity of disability.
The failures to implement inclusive policy stem from various barriers created by both individuals and the government.
The NDIS is allowing for Specialist Disability Accommodation for 28,000 people, with 17,500 already in such housing. The potential demand for this life-changing supported housing is even greater.
For centuries, women with dwarfism were depicted in art as comic or grotesque fairytale beings. But artists are challenging these portrayals and notions of beauty and physical difference.
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Junior Researcher, SMERU Research Institute
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Lecturer, Humanitarian And Development Studies, Western Sydney University
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Law Librarian (Acting), University of Windsor
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Dosen Sosiologi Universitas Brawijaya, Universitas Brawijaya
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Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Windsor
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Professor, Early Childhood Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Inclusion, Disability and Education, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Critical Disability Studies, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Services, Kennesaw State University
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Research Professor of Rehabilitation Education and Research, Mississippi State University
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor American Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota
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Lecturer, University of Johannesburg