by Sophie Trist — During a recent video interview, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of deaths — over 75%...

by Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...

by Kristina Artuković — People with a health condition, chronic illness or disability — even people like me, who have a child with a...

by Judith Evans — Swiss advocates of assisted suicide are hailing a new invention: a 3-D printed suicide capsule known as “Sarco” — short...

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Dr. Laura Rivard of the University of San Diego, founder of Genetics Generation, makes an excellent point in...

by Sophie Trist — This recent Halloween season has been an unusually scary one. There’s not much scarier for disabled and chronically ill...

by Judith Evans — In 2018, a Colombian woman named Martha Liria Sepulveda received a frightening diagnosis: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...

by Judith Evans — In a year marked by reports of police brutality, two names stood out for mental health advocates in 2020: Daniel Prude...

Warning: this post includes disturbing images and descriptions of abuse of unborn children’s bodies. by Herb Geraghty — The University of...

by Sophie Trist — Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is deeply harmful to people with disabilities. Many “right to die” proponents scoff at...

by Aimee Murphy — The bright and welcoming cover of You Are Enough immediately attracted me to it when I saw it shared on a children’s...

by Beth Fox, MPH — One year ago, I, like many other disabled or chronically ill individuals, began a strict home isolation protocol. I...

by Sophie Trist — Every year on March 1 the Autistic Self-advocacy Network (ASAN) and other disability organizations hold vigils all...

by Sophie Trist — COVID-19 disproportionately affects the elderly and people with disabilities. A June NPR study revealed that in...

Recently, I had an interesting interaction on social media. I saw an Instagram post about telemedicine abortions, which are becoming incredi

by Katherine Noble — Two Philadelphia police officers shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man, on October 26th. Wallace was medicated for...

There are few things more quintessential to Halloween than horror movies.

by Ashley Chilek — When an able-bodied person wants to harm themselves, we try to do everything in our power to stop them; we call it...

by Herb Geraghty — Earlier this month Michael Hickson, a disabled black man, was killed in a Texas hospital when his doctors decided that...

Every person, no matter their level of dependency, deserves to live free from violence.