How The Disabled Were Dehumanized How The Disabled Were Dehumanized
Press coverage of a young man thrown out of his wheelchair during the UK student protests suggests that "real" disabled people are not whole human beings.
Dec 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny
Killed by Prejudice Killed by Prejudice
Terri Schiavo's life and death raise issues of acceptance, equity and rights.
Apr 14, 2005 / Laura Hershey
The Other Prison Population The Other Prison Population
Disabled people march on Washington to protest policies that keep them out of sight, out of mind.
Oct 7, 2003 / Feature / Astra Taylor
Handicapping the Crippled Handicapping the Crippled
More than thirty years ago, in an essay called "Uncle Tom and Tiny Tim: Some Reflections on the Cripple as Negro," I suggested that cripples emulate the civil rights movement by f...
Aug 1, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Leonard Kriegel
Disabling a Civil Right Disabling a Civil Right
The Supreme Court has made a decision that is wrongheaded, and wrong.
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / Mary Johnson