“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

It’s not just a health problem—it reflects the interaction between the features of a person’s body and the features of the society in which they live.

Kenny Fries asks: What will it take to include disability in our future debates about diversity?

Inaccessible Airways

Airlines deny disabled travelers their independence with patchwork policies and plain negligence

Crossing the Border While Disabled

For immigrants and refugees with disabilities, discrimination is law

Inclusive Art Makes Space For All Bodies

Claire Cunningham’s “Guide Gods” puts disability and religion in conversation through dance

How Everyday Language Harms People with Disabilities

The connection between physical traits and individual worth lives in our popular lexicon

The Stories We Tell About Disability

What will it take to include disability in our future debates about diversity?

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