Perhaps you recently came across the term “ableism” in a blog, social media post, or elsewhere on the internet. You vaguely recognized the term, but you didn’t quite understand what it meant. Or maybe ...

A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Most disabled people at one time or another worry that we and our so-called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sheila Callaham writes about age-related topics in the workplace. Age is rarely included in the DEI equation. And that means many ...

Watts Belser is a rabbi, scholar, and spiritual teacher, as well as a longtime activist for disability, LGBTQIA+, and gender justice. She is the author of Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and ...

Join Pushing Limits this Friday as we talk with social justice organizer Andrea Jones Klein. For more than five years, Andrea has worked at the intersections of climate justice, political liberation, ...

Many congregations view disability as a problem to be solved with elevators, wider doors, or programs tailored for those with special needs. This approach misses the point, according to cultural ...

Internalized ableism refers to when a disabled person absorbs and adopts negative societal messages about disability. These beliefs can affect how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People can ...

Trouble at work? Try putting on my shoes. Only one in every two disabled people has a job, and while I’m fortunately one of them, I do have something of a problem. My editor is a raging ableist (she’s ...