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A Nation That Still Treats Disabled Lives as Negotiable
CW: Institutionalization, Racism, & Ableism It wasn’t that long ago that disabled Americans were kept in overcrowded institutions like the Willowbrook State School, where conditions were so grave that Robert F. Kennedy once described them as “a situation that borders on a snake pit.” In 1972, the public had a firsthand look at just how…
Why Accessible Housing Still Feels Out of Reach
For almost forty years, cities that accept HUD funding have been required, by law, to ensure their new affordable housing units are accessible to disabled people. In theory, this means disabled people have the right to safe and independent living. However, the enforcement of this law often doesn’t happen locally. A 2020 report from Apartment…
The Weight of Thinking I’m Too Much
Yesterday, I saw a post on social media by Andrew Gurza, who also has cerebral palsy. He mentioned that he wants to put that he’s a bestselling author on his social media page. He was worried “that it would look like too much.” Reading that post made me think about how I feel like I…
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