In identifying disability as a category of legally protected civil rights, the ADA assert the rights of disabled people as consumers and workers. Disability’s presence within commercial media—especially tech ads—Bess Williamson argues, inadvertently erased disability as an identity category almost as soon as it appeared. Continue Reading There are No Infirmities: Disability in Post-ADA Media
Category: Research
The Barrier-Free Meeting that Helped Build a Movement
Jessica Martucci narrates how a group of disabled scientists and advocates working for the AAAS put science at the heart of the disability rights movement. Continue Reading The Barrier-Free Meeting that Helped Build a Movement