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RFK Jr. Says Autism Database Will Use Medicare and Medicaid Records
Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.
Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US
As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.
We Can’t Let RFK Jr. Divide Our Autistic Community Based on Our Support Needs
A Trump official spoke of an “autism registry” then walked it back. Organizers still fear infringements on rights.
After 86 Years, Disabled Workers Could Finally Receive Minimum Wage Protections
Biden’s Labor Department is moving to abolish “subminimum wage” rules, but the Trump administration may undo the win.
The Reproductive Justice Movement Must Be Expansive Under a Second Trump Term
With a federal Republican trifecta, the reproductive and disability justice movements need each other more than ever.
Disabled People Still Face Barriers to Online Voter Registration in Most States
Shortcomings in web accessibility and other obstacles may disenfranchise 40.2 million eligible disabled US voters.
Keeping Each Other Alive: Mental Health and Collective Survival
“We cannot become what it is that has harmed us in the first place,” says Elliott Fukui.
The US Government Has Abandoned Us to Endless COVID. We Can Do Better.
The pandemic isn’t over. Why is it so hard to find accurate information about it?
Disabled Voters Face Extra Obstacles to the Ballot Box
The vast majority of US polling locations are not fully accessible. Disabled activists are working to change that.
Sentenced to Death by COVID — How US Prisons Became an Epicenter of the Pandemic
COVID was so deadly due to US policies that view marginalized people as acceptable sacrifices to capitalism.