Truthout
Ableism
Jordan Neely Is Being Blamed for His Own Death Due to Sanism and Racism
Disability scholar Idil Abdillahi analyzes how Blackness and “madness” are pathologized in overlapping and violent ways.
NYPD’s “Autism Awareness” Squad Car Is Nothing But a Publicity Stunt
Don’t be fooled by the NYPD’s lip service to autism awareness: Policing isn’t “neurodiversity-friendly.”
Let’s Confront Ideas of “Normality” –– They Are Rooted in Racism and Ableism
Racism is the ideology that works to subordinate specific people, while ableism is the means for achieving that goal.
I’m Immunocompromised. I Know Ableism Is Oppression. We Need Disability Justice.
To protect the growing immunocompromised population, we need to practice collective care.
Right-Wing Attacks on Trans Health Care Rely on Ableist Logic
To resist state-level attacks on trans health care, we also need to tackle ableism.
Lawsuit Uncovers Chicago’s Failure to Provide Disability Protections in Housing
Advocates say people with disabilities are suffering the worst consequences of the U.S.’s affordable housing crisis.
Incarceration and Ableism Go Hand in Hand, Says Abolitionist Talila Lewis
We must dismantle systems of advocacy that rank marginalized people and tie people’s value to their labor productivity.
Ableism Enables All Forms of Inequity and Hampers All Liberation Efforts
Ableism has been used for generations to degrade, oppress, control and disappear disabled and nondisabled people alike.
The “Problem” Isn’t Disabled Bodies — It’s the Violent Structure of Our Society
Medical conceptions of disability are fueling interlocking systems of oppression, theorist Christine Wieseler argues.
Abled-Bodied Leftists Cannot Abandon Disabled Solidarity to “Move On” From COVID
There must be support for disabled activists who are doing lifesaving disabled activism, mutual aid and survival work.