SEATTLE — At its core, ableism is discrimination against people with disabilities, whether mental or physical. Every day, people with disabilities have to overcome challenges in having to adapt to the ...

The St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center of Chicago offers Masses in total communication, meaning they are fully spoken and signed. Deaf lectors, cantors and eucharistic ministers support liturgies and ...

RIT’s Expressive Communication Center students explore ableism in communication-focused settings Group presented at national conference in Arizona Everyone communicates differently and, in a higher ...

One of the most likely ways your friend, peer, student or child will die in college is by suicide. Though researchers at the University of Virginia have found that college students are less likely to ...

No student should face obstacles — physical or institutional — to their education or university resources. The Editorial Board calls on Georgetown University to create a Disability Cultural Center to ...

When people with disabilities face the many kinds of problems common to the disability community, they are faced with a choice. It’s a critical choice with enormous implications. But it’s a choice ...

It is past time that we confront the ableism crisis in this country. Ableism is discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities. Ableism is not just using derogatory terms, ...

(Read all of Next Avenue’s COVID-19 coverage geared toward keeping older generations informed, safe and prepared.) Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the ...

Through intimate stories and day-to-day routines we get a naturalistic glimpse into the lives of individuals with disabilities in the bustling urban landscape of São Paulo. The film captures personal ...