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“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.
It’s not just a health problem–it reflects the interaction between the features of a person’s body and the features of the society in which they live.
Kenny Fries asks: What will it take to include disability in our future debates about diversity?
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Inaccessible Airways
Airlines deny disabled travelers their independence with patchwork policies and plain negligence
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Crossing the Border While Disabled
For immigrants and refugees with disabilities, discrimination is law
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Inclusive Art Makes Space For All Bodies
Claire Cunningham’s “Guide Gods” puts disability and religion in conversation through dance
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How Everyday Language Harms People with Disabilities
The connection between physical traits and individual worth lives in our popular lexicon
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The Stories We Tell About Disability
What will it take to include disability in our future debates about diversity?
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How We Get To Next was a magazine that explored the future of science, technology, and culture from 2014 to 2019.