It happens constantly: I meet a person for the first time, I’m in my wheelchair, we introduce ourselves, and then the first thing that person wants to talk about is the medical aspects of my ...

The line between difference, disability, and disease is constantly shifting, shaped as much by social attitudes as biology. A ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

Disability forms part of a man’s condition. At one point or the other, almost everyone will be impaired temporarily or permanently. It is a multiplex, progressive, contested, and a subject that is ...

All communities and social movements change. If they don’t, they stagnate, lose relevance, and die. The process of change is almost always uncomfortable, sometimes painful, but usually valuable in the ...

Some authors in disability studies have identified limits of both the medical and social models of disability. They have developed an alternative model, which I call the 'composite model of disability ...

A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about their care and education were made almost entirely by non-disabled people, ...

My grandmother showed me how to surpass the expectations that the ‘medical model’ had set for me. By John Altmann Mr. Altmann is a writer. His essay, “I Don’t Want to Be Inspiring,” appears in the new ...

“Flatten the curve.” “Stop the spread.” These public health messages were specifically intended to protect people who would be most vulnerable to COVID-19, especially people with disabilities. Who was ...

Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that looks at the human element that powers technology. For this episode we spoke with Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute and ...

Overactive bladder (OAB) can be a disability if it is a long-term condition that substantially affects a person’s ability to carry out daily tasks or participate in activities, such as working or ...