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Disability

renaissance Aug. 1, 2022

Beyoncé Is Facing Criticism for Using an Ableist Slur on RenaissanceJust weeks after Lizzo apologized for using the same derogatory term in her song “Grrrls.”

By Danielle Cohen
book excerpt Apr. 5, 2022

The Life I GrewDoctors said my disability would make it impossible to get pregnant. I was 5 months along when I realized the truth.

By Chloé Cooper Jones
first person Sept. 11, 2018

My 6-Year-Old Thinks My Disability Is Boring“Why does your mom walk like that?” a girl his age asked.

By Chloé Cooper Jones

it’s complicated May 22, 2018

Keeping the Spark Alive As a Young Person in an Old Person’s BodyWhen complications from my hip surgery left me in chronic pain, romance became a struggle.

By Thalia Mostow Bruehl
disability Nov. 2, 2015

A New Study Reveals How Employers Discriminate Against Disabled PeopleThe classic résumé-and-cover-letter study, updated to examine discrimination against the disabled.

By Jesse Singal
blindness Jan. 15, 2015

Those Pretending-to-Be-Blind Activities May BackfireThey seem to cause people to view blind people as less capable than they really are.

By Jesse Singal
sex Sept. 22, 2014

Disabled Men Explain the Real Reasons They Paid for SexIt’s as much about independence as it is about lust.

By Alice Robb