Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In pursuit of stories about awesome entrepreneurs. In 2012, Vilissa Thompson received her masters degree in social work. As she ...

An award-winning music artist and advocate for the disability community performed her songs and discussed disability culture at a Feb. 6 event. Lachi showcased her songs “Far,” “Dis Education” and ...

This article was updated on August 5, 2020, to include resources on the disability justice movement. Demystifying the concept of intersectionality, this collection of articles, TEDTalks, and podcasts ...

That’s the lesson Judy Heumann hopes students take away from her recent book “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.” Heumann spoke with over 150 students, parents, ...

At the intersection of Blackness and disability is a population of especially vulnerable people, as racism and ableism mutually reinforce each other. Disability is more prevalent among Black people ...

Definitions of disability have evolved over time. Consistent with the biopsychosocial model used by the World Health Organization, we conceptualize disability as an interaction between a person’s ...

In Canada, COVID-19 has exacerbated long-standing institutional and systemic inequalities for disabled people. And these inequalities are rooted in ableism. The term intersectionality, coined by Black ...

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