Connecticut Hospitals Not Allowed to Prohibit Visitors for Disabled
A Connecticut state policy that prohibited disabled hospital patients from having visitors has been found to be discriminatory by the Office of Civil Rights of [...]
July 2020
An Oral History of the Capitol Crawl
Mike Ervin talks with the activists who crawled up the Capitol steps and shook it loose.
Taking the ADA on the Chin
It would be great if the governor or president would send in troops to confiscate the chin-high tables, take them out in the alley and chop them into pieces, like how they used to smash barrels of beer during prohibition.
May 2020
Happy — or Sad? — Rare Disease Day
On Thanksgiving you eat turkey, and on the Fourth of July you have a barbecue. But what do you eat on Rare Disease Day? As far as I know, there isn’t anything like a traditional Rare Disease Day casserole.
March 2020
Grab-a-Vert: The Game
I’ve taken part in so many cripple political protests that I’ve run out of appendages on which to tabulate them.
February 2020
Supreme Court Allows Public Charge Rule Targeting Disabled Immigrants to Move Forward
Advocates argue the rule is "illegal disability discrimination."
January 2020
Access Living Names Karen Tamley CEO
Former Chicago Disability Commissioner will lead the nationally-recognized CIL.
Ervin: The Big Reveal
There are some cripples who can easily get away with appearing not to be crippled at all, at least for a little while. But in the long run, this is always a futile proposition.
December 2019
Disabled Photographer Wins Top Prize in Getty’s Disability Stories Grant
Nolan Ryan Trowe wins with project focused on wheelchair users in Harlem.
Vulnerability Catch 22
To be vulnerable is to be human, so to pretend that you’re not vulnerable is to pretend to be superhuman. And I hate that superhuman cripple stereotype.
