disability
Young British women with disabilities are reaching millions on TikTok – here's what they want to say.
Robin Olive provides performing arts classes, mostly dance, to physically or intellectually disabled people of all ages. Without the studio to go to during lockdown, she turned her attention to online classes instead, with a free daily dance class. Meaning the usual students, and many new ones globally, didn’t have to miss out on their extremely beneficial and positive pastime.
After catching heat for a problematic casting choice, Sia clapped back at several professional autistic actresses. Here's what that signals to the autistic community.
After a serious snowboarding accident, Christian Bagg didn’t want to give up the joy of extreme sports, so he created an adaptive mountain bike for himself, and then a company to help empower others.
"Stop ignoring disabled people, we make up 22% of the population. We’re here and we’re worth listening to.”
Enough children already stare at me and fear me because of my scars and hand without movies like The Witches continuing to tell them I’m scary too.
"As someone who really believes in inclusivity and really, really detests cruelty, I owe you all an apology for the pain caused."
Many have taken issue with the fact Anne Hathaway's villainous character has only three fingers on each hand.
Stop using disability as a negative metaphor at work (and everywhere else).
We’re at a crucial point in the pandemic’s progress, and disabled people have never been in more danger of being erased and forgotten entirely, writes Karl Knights.