As the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games heated up this summer, it created a valuable opportunity to focus on individuals with physical disabilities. Kyushu University spoke with Associate Professor Wakaki ...

“I think that art is one of the best ways to change people’s minds,” said Chris Smit, professor of communication arts and sciences at Calvin College. “It gets people thinking and questioning things ...

The Perceptions of Flow: “Movement” exhibit showcases the experiences of local artists with disabilities through photography. It opened at the Evanston Art Center on March 30. The black and white film ...

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get to know fashion influencer and disability advocate, Samantha Jade Durán, who is dismantling ableism and creating a more ...

"David, I want to tell you my story." This is how I met Haley Diaz, who is a physician assistant/associate (PA) student about to graduate and looking for her first clinical job. Diaz struggles with ...

Even as he grappled with the effects of polio from age 39 to the end of his life, it’s an open question whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt was truly disabled, historian and disability studies scholar ...

On July 26, the Americans With Disabilities Act — enacted in 1990 to establish “a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability” — will turn 34. Over a quarter of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gabriela Hearst traveled to the Bay Area in April to design costumes for “Carmen” at San Francisco Ballet, she took time to ...