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Why People Need SNAP: Countering Myths with Reality
by Sarah Terzo — Many people claim that public assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which assists people in buying food, allow lazy people to avoid working. They imagine a “welfare queen” who lives high on the hog on government benefits while refusing to work. They resent their tax dollars going to help such a person. People aren’t eating lobster and steak on SNAP, though. The monthly SNAP benefit varies , but the average amount pe
Dec 21, 20256 min read


Medicaid Work Requirements Put People With Disabilities at Risk
by Sarah Terzo — Despite some last-minute changes, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would make deep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), and...
Jul 3, 202511 min read


Demand a Veto of Delaware Death Bill
by Jacqueline Harvey Abernathy, Ph.D. — UPDATE: DELAWARE GOVERNOR HAS VETOED ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL I am overjoyed to share that the...
Sep 20, 20243 min read


Review of In Hospital Environments: Essays on Illness and Philosophy
by Alexander Pyles — Lots of ink has been spilled about persons with disabilities and the harms of ableism, but perhaps not enough has...
Aug 28, 20244 min read
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