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What is ableism, and what is its impact?
#Ableism
'You will make it': An anonymous neighbor stepped in when a single mom felt hopeless
12 Books for Kids That Celebrate and Uplift People With Disabilities
12 Books for Kids That Celebrate Neurodivergent Brains
12 Ways to Celebrate Disability Pride Month
15 Years Worth of Removing Barriers
2024 Disability Equality Index Report
3 Lessons We Can Still Learn From The Americans With Disabilities Act
3 Quick and Easy Ways to Tell if a PDF is Accessible
3 Ways Leaders Must Rethink Disability, AI, And Care
4 Black Disability Creators and Influencers to Know
4 ways to design a disability-friendly future
5 national parks that put accessibility first
5 Practical Steps to Advance Disability Inclusion
5 takeaways from screen reader usability interviews
5 Web Accessibility Oversights That Could Be Costing You
50 Years of Progress for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act May Be at Risk
8 Ways Ableism Shows Up In Religious Spaces
A Birthday Plate Labeled With a Wheelchair Instead of a Name
A Brief But Spectacular take on embracing disability pride
A complete guide for content creators to start making accessible content
A Dad Tried To Bully Me Into Giving My Seat To His Kid. Here's What Happened When I Said No
A Gift Guide for Professionals with Disabilities That Puts Self-Care First
A home where access is part of everyday life
A look at gender gains and gaps in the U.S.
A moment that changed me: I thought deafness was a flaw. Then I met clever, wise, funny Rosie
A Nation of “Haves” and “Have-Nots”?
A National Home for Our Stories: Members of Maryland Congressional Delegation Introduce Legislation to Designate the National Museum of the Blind People's Movement
A new curriculum brings adults with intellectual disabilities into the heart of Jewish learning
A Pastor's Paradox: Embracing Marginalization to Spark Change
A sustainable Tahoe must be an accessible Tahoe
A weakness can become your biggest strength’ – wise words from 26 brilliant disabled women
Ableism 101: What it is, what it looks like, and what we can do to to fix it
About Us
Accessibility is critical for the world's disability community
Accessibility journalist shares tips to prepare for the ability drift
Accessibility Works When We Stop Treating Disability As Defect with Daniel Hodges
Accessible Forms
ADAPT/EVOLVE Artists and Work
Adults with Disabilities: Ethnicity and Race
After Alice Wong’s Death, Her Friends Vow to Keep Fighting for Disability Justice
All Walks - Limiting cars in cities can help People with Disabilities, too.
Always a way: Camarillo woman who woke up paralyzed advocates for others
American Sign Language ( ASL) Interpreters and Captioning Services
America’s loneliness epidemic is even worse for people with disabilities
Anti-Ableism Fast Facts - Ways to Combat Ableism:
Anti-Scraping Tools Undermine Web Accessibility for Disabled Users
Appreciating art beyond sight at the Shared Visions Exhibition
Artificial Intelligence Has One Chance To Get Accessibility Right
Artificial Intelligence, History, and Blindness: Lessons and Musings
As the ADA Celebrates Its 34th Anniversary, Digital Accessibility Must Be Our Next Priority
At 72, this wheelchair user travels the world on her own
Augmental's Mouthpad Is a Touchpad for Your Tongue
Avoid PDF for On-Screen Reading
Baby babbles in sign language with deaf grandparents
Baha'i International Community Statement on Human Rights and Disability
Baha'i Service For The Blind
Bahá’í Quotes on Disability
Be an Upholder and Defender of the Victims of Oppression
Be My Eyes “Inclusive Language” Guide
Because she made a fuss, Judy Heumann made everyone's life better
Becoming Anti-Ableist: A Disability Justice- Informed Approach to Supporting the Disability Community
Believe It or Not
Beyond awareness: Sinéad Burke on actioning disability inclusion
Blind Courtesy
Blindness Beyond Borders
Blindness isn't a tragic binary -- it's a rich spectrum
Blossoming with bravery: Waikiki 12-year-old publishes debut novel on life with disabilities
Breaking Barriers: My Journey as a Blind Juror
Building Inclusive Communities: Learning from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Examples on Valuing Marginalized Members
Building Inclusive Futures: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
By exceeding my life expectancy, I’ve become a model for other Black disabled women
Caregiving for Family and Friends — A Public Health Problem
Case Closed: The Story of Technology, a Blind Woman, and an Eyewitness Account to Solve a Mystery
CBU assistant prof nominated for Accessibility Trailblazer Award
CDC Data shows Growing Number of Americans with Disabilities
Celebrating Advocacy for People with Disabilities While Ignoring Accessibility and Inclusion: The Stark Hypocrisy and Systemic Ableism of This Egregious Injustice at an Awards Presentation
Celebrating disability As part of human diversity
Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024: A Call to Digital Inclusion
Challenges at the Intersection of Age and Disability
Changing Perspectives: Why a room full of well-intentioned people with no lived experience isn't enough
Changing Words, Changing Minds, Changing the World
Chicago company offers model as Illinois phases out subminimum wages
Chris McCausland: “I don’t want to be in a show because I’m blind — my blindness is incidental.”
Clair Global Backs Audio Accessibility Alliance
Colorado Adults with Disabilities say they were harassed and threatened with weapon on RTD light rail
Create and verify PDF accessibility
Create trust by openly discussing disability problems and solutions
Creativity, Persistence, and Hope: Reclaiming Our Stories through the Organized Blind Movement
Creators talk accessibility and building inclusive spaces at VidCon 2025
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Task Force for the Baha’i community.
Decline in wheelchair accessible cabs for passengers with disabilities
Dignity, Respect, and Determination: The Momentum of the Blind People's Movement
Disability by David Turner Review: A Revelatory New History
Disability Doesn’t Have To Mean Isolation
Disability inclusion is Jewish inclusion — and we’re not done yet
Disability inclusion is ‘outside our scope’? Think again
Disability Inclusion Strategy
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka dead at 79
Disability rights movement sprouted in Colorado
Divorce Me
Do Churches Care for the Less Privileged and Disabled
Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?
Doctors call out ableism in cancer care - The biggest barrier is attitude
Don't publish that PDF!
Down Syndrome: What I Wish You Knew
Dr. Natalie Shaheen Wins $1.5 Million NSF CAREER Grant
E.T. Came To Life On Set Because Of A Young Actor With A Disability
Ed Roberts, hero of Berkeley’s disability rights movement, gets his first biography
Ed Tech Can Unlock STEM Potential of Students With Disabilities — If It’s Funded
Elana Meyers Taylor is reshaping the world for her sons and the disability community
Equal Access to Live Theater: Opening New Worlds through Audio Description and Touch Tours
Eureka! It All Matters!
Fair pay for disabled workers isn’t just about money—it’s about dignity | Opinion
Faith in Access: Bridging Conversations between Religion and Disability
Federal Supports Shrink While Congregations Shut Out People with Disabilities
Fifty Years of Removing Barriers to Recreation for People with Disabilities
Fighting the War on ‘Image Poverty’
FINANCIAL INEQUALITY: Disability, Race and Poverty in America
Finding Your Caregiving Superpower: Reflections from a Blind Caregiver of a Parent with Dementia
First Peoples Disability Network launches national survey to drive reform
Former Nurse Says Becoming Disabled Opened Her Eyes to How Often Patients Feel Dismissed
Fostering Inclusion: Blindness Doesn’t Define Us
France made me a Knight, and my mission is Braille!
From Amoebas to Monuments: The World at Our Fingertips
From Fear to Empowerment: Moms’ Stories of Raising Blind Children
From intention to expectation: The next phase of Jewish disability inclusion
Gender Equality - United Nations
Gender, age, and disability: Addressing the intersection
Generations United
Giving a damn about accessibility - A candid and practical handbook for designers.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day Continues!
Global Accessibility Pulse 2026 - Natalie P Tucker
Graduating from the Colorado Center for the Blind Means More Than Skills
Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age
Helping hands: Why National Disability Employment Awareness Month matters
Helping Out: How Chores at Home May Pave the Way to Future Employment for Blind Youth
Her bedazzled cane helps her travel the world (and spark change)
Here's why Wichita needs to listen to its residents with disabilities
Hong Kong writer Sa’diyya Nesar on the intersection of disability and faith
Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’?
How 13 High Schoolers Are Fighting the Bullying Crisis Facing Students with Disabilities
How A Coalition Of Retail Giants Is Rewriting Accessibility Standards
How a quadruple amputee overcame countless rejections to make his pilot dreams take off
How Disability Shaped American Citizenship
How Faith Communities Can Be Inclusive of Believers with Disabilities
How hiring People of Determination can help companies thrive
How negative rhetoric toward People with Disabilities has a harmful record
How Rosa Parks’ legacy inspired a new fight over who could ride the bus
How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids
How the new Disability Wellbeing Index can better inform policies for people with disability
How the Sociability app puts accessibility on the map to help disabled people break down barriers
How to Be a Blind Wheelchair User
How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes
How to write an image description
How to Write Meaningful and Inclusive Descriptive ALT Text for Images
I am not my blindness: What the blind community wishes you knew
I Dare You To Stop Looking Away From People With Disabilities
I have a dynamic disability — here’s what I want you to know
I Know We Can Transform the World: Remembering Disability Rights Activist Alice Wong
I live with cerebral palsy and survived bladder cancer — music is hope
I was 29 when road signs became blurry – within a decade I was completely blind
I was born with cerebral palsy. Why is disability now a badge of pride for so many young people?
I was nine when I learned what ableism is
I Went To My Son’s Class To Explain How He Goes To The Bathroom. Here’s Why.
I Worked Quite Well With My Disability. That Never Stopped Customers From Saying Wild Things To Me.
I'm a Disabled Woman. Is That My Brand?
I'm disabled with two kids - cruel people still ask why my husband's with me
I'm proud to be autistic - Sheffield nurse shines light on Disability Pride month
Imagine how disabled people can, rather than assuming we can’t
In NJ, people with disabilities face indignity, missed diagnoses, barriers to health care
Including People With Disabilities in Data Collection
Inclusion Is Not Something You Earn
Inclusive Design
Innovate to Elevate: Fostering Excellence in Rehabilitation Services for Blind Youth
Inspiration porn and the objectification of disability: Stella Young at TEDxSydney 2014
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December
Intersections Between Racism and Ableism
Introducing Voices of People with Disabilities
iOS 26 and Braille Access: Apple’s Impressive Investment in Braille Literacy
Iowa School Officers Refer and Arrest Black Students and Students with Disabilities at Disproportionate Rates
Is Anyone Else Dreading Back-To-School Season Because Your Child Is Misunderstood There?
It’s my disability and I’ll laugh if I want to
I’m a Nondriver—and There’s a Good Chance You Are, Too
I’m a wheelchair user from the Lake District – here’s how to explore it without limits
I’m Deafblind—Here’s How Traveling the World Helps Me Embrace My Disabilities and Educate Others
I’m Disabled And People Have No Problem Telling Me This One Shocking Thing
Jesy Nelson and the truth about bringing up a child with a disability in a world obsessed with 'perfect' parenthood
Judy Heumann: Tenacious Symbol
July is Disability Pride Month
Kids with disabilities are helping design inclusive playgrounds
Lack of sign language interpreters in North Dakota a major barrier
Lakota teen who set world record with hair says he is proud to represent tribe
Latina mothers in Nebraska join local police to make life safer for children with disabilities
Laugh, Lean, and Love: Sharing a Cooking Journey of Blind People
Learn American Sign Language
Let's Add Accessibility to the Mix
Letters from the Universal House of Justice on Removing Barriers to building Vibrant Communities
Life Is Worse for Older People Now
Living at the intersection of race and disability
Magic has limits: Woman in wheelchair is excited about solo travel to Disney World. Then she learned her ‘accessible’ hotel needed a companion
Making Multicultural Places
Many Minnesota schools still use seclusion rooms for students
Math, yes. Lego club? There's no plan for disabled children to attend
Midlothian author 'proud to prove teachers wrong' as he publishes third book
Milan church concert strikes a chord for inclusion ahead of Winter Paralympics
Mom Gets Question About Disabled Daughter—Unprepared for What Kids Do Next
Mom Is Raising Son with Only One Hand After Living with Cerebral Palsy for Decades
More Than Words
Mothers With Disabilities Are Often Overlooked in Society
My autistic son is different but not dangerous. I hope strangers can see that
My Dad Was Worried When I Started Going To Church — But This Is What He Understood Better Than Most
My disability wasn't the problem. The assumptions about it were.
My Friend Keeps Doing a Really Awful Thing in Front of Our Kids. I Need This to Stop.
My Friend Warned me Not to Move In with a Stranger from an Online Ad, But I Did and got the Surprise of my Life
My Greatest Achievement "Becoming a parent is the single best thing I’ve ever done".
My hidden disability means people judge me - it makes me anxious to go out
My Walk with Astronomy as a Blind Scientist
NAACP to host disability awareness information fair Dec. 13
Nasa Added Amazing Alt Text Image Descriptions to James Webb Space Telescope Photos
Nashuva’s Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Shabbat
Navigating the Clash Between Deafness, Gene Therapy, and Social Justice
New PSA commemorates Disability Pride Month
New Springfield Art Exhibit "The Life I Choose" Centers People with Disabilities
New study shows Jewish groups lagging behind secular community on disability inclusion
Nothing About Us Without Us -- Mantra for a Movement...
October Disability Awareness
Officer Cites a Woman with a Disability for an Act Her Body Made Impossible
On Becoming a Commercial Realtor: A Blind Person’s Pathway out of Poverty and Penury
One hell of a journey: Self-advocacy group for First Nations people with intellectual disabilities launches documentary
Opinion | America is abandoning people with disabilities It doesn’t have to be this way.
Outdoor Gear Built With People with Disabilities, Not For Them
Outside Wooster, a ‘library’ lends wheelchairs and ramps to people with disabilities
Parker: Level Playing Field grows into international force tearing down barriers for people with disabilities
PBS Documentary - Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
People feel entitled to comment on my disability – it's exhausting
People with cerebral palsy need society to see their potential
People with Disabilities having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams
Phamaly premieres '504: The Musical' as states try to weaken the law that inspired it
Photos: Celebrate the glory of girls on International Day of the Girl
Racism is the Most Challenging Issue Confronting America.
Raise awareness about accessibility
Ramp Your Voice! Conference 2026 Celebrates Black Disabled Joy, Leadership, And Community
Rap beef, Chinatown resistance, accessibility and more inspire Nuit Blanche 2025 edition
Religious freedom is no reason to deny people with disabilities the right to equality in the workplace
Removing Barriers
Removing Barriers to Culturally Grounded Services for Indigenous Children with Disabilities
Resonance, Amplification, and Interplay: The Counterpoint of the Organized Blind Movement
Rethinking Work On International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
Richard Branson on how his dyslexia has helped him innovate
Ruth Madeley Is Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann in Powerful Being Heumann Teaser Trailer
Safeguarding the legacy, investing the inheritance - A tribute to the transformative impact of Louis Braille's invention on the lives of Blind People
Screen Bans Are Stripping Access Technology From Students with Disabilities
Screen Readers and Street Smarts: How Travel Taught Me Tech
Self-Driving Car Design Faces Accessibility Blind Spots, Study Warns
Shattering Injustice and Raising Expectations: Dedication to Equality by a Blind Attorney
She got a nasty note on her car for parking in a disabled spot. Her response is a vital read
She took her deaf son out to eat, what the server did left her stunned
ShiningLamp Accessibility Statement
Sidewalks in disrepair create Barriers for People with Disabilities
Sign language interpreters at music concerts: ASL rock stars (Enable: The Disability Podcast)
Significant Disproportionality in Special Education: Current Trends and Actions for Impact
Small towns are getting in on the push for better Colorado playgrounds for kids with disabilities
Special ed parent, teacher on 50 years of disabilities education act
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: author breaks barriers for disability inclusion
State lawmakers takes step toward increasing penalties for rideshare discrimination
Stephen Hawking's computer gets a glow up: AI–powered AVATAR creates new possibilities for people with severe disabilities
Store Employee Accuses Wheelchair User Of Stealing, Her Ableist Logic Ends Up Costing Her The Job
Taking Back My Life: A Journey from Control to Freedom
Tanni's lifetime road to disabled equality
Task force encourages communities to make accessibility a priority
Taylor's Vision
The Afterlife of Alice Wong
The Baha'i Faith and People with Disabilities:
The case for describing race in alternative text attributes
The Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 2023 Access Awards
The disability orchestra disrupting the classical landscape
The enduring legacy of a D.C. mother who fought for Black deaf children
The Equality of Men and Women
The Federal Promise to Educate Students with Disabilities Remains Unmet While Barriers Multiply
The Golden Rule, the Platinum Rule, and the Right to Speak for Ourselves
The Harsh Truth About Disability Inclusion
The Heart of Authenticity: Why Disability Pride Month matters beyond July in mid-Michigan
The importance of a ride: Cheshire Homes works towards an accessible vehicle for residents
The inclusion movement in Utah
The internet's accessibility problem -- and how to fix it
The Pride and Prejudice of Living with Disability
The Promise We Made to Americans with Disabilities Is Under Attack
The Radical Life of the Father of the Independent Living Movement
The Sunflower Lanyard, 10 Years On: How the Travel Industry Is Supporting Neurodivergent Travellers
The Universal House of Justice 22 July 2020 - To the Bahá’ís of the United States - on Racism
The University of Washington Accessible Technology - Documents Information
These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help
These children's books show disability as a part of everyday life
Thirty-four years is long enough to make government websites accessible
This Disability Education Law Turned 50 Today. Disability Advocates Want More.
Tips on being a great host to a Blind Person
To Be BIPOC, Disabled and Fighting for Justice

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