Accessibility Was Never a Feature. It Was Always Culture.
Image description: An image of Haben Girma speaking at the event, a young woman speaking on a stage with her guide dog pictured. Image taken by Emily Flores. Last week, Apple gathered disability leaders, advocates, artists, and creators at Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. to mark 50 years of the company’s history in accessibility. […]
Crip Trip Is the New Disability-Led Docuseries That Might Just Save Us All
As national caregiving systems crumble in the U.S. and Canada, Crip Trip offers a raw, funny, and urgent look at what it takes to survive while disabled. On a mission to find consistent filmmaking work to cover the costs of full-time caregiving, disabled TV director Daniel Ennett and his friend Frederick Kroetsch, who […]
While You Were Sleeping, Congress Voted to Kick Millions Off Medicaid
While most Americans were sleeping, Congress, under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, passed HR 1 – coined the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump. The bill is expected to cut over $700 billion in Medicaid, marking the most aggressive assault on healthcare safety nets in modern history. The bill passed in the wee hours […]
Lush just launched a new sensory-friendly shopping experience at their store – and we got an early look.
For Autism Acceptance Month, Lush partnered with KultureCity, a nonprofit focusing on sensory accessibility and acceptance, in order to pilot their sensory-friendly shopping experience across 25 North American stores. It’s designed to create a calmer, more accessible environment for all, available all day and not just during certain hours. Our autistic beauty creator, […]
What Chadwick Boseman and I Have In Common: Disability, Black dandyism and the Art of Performance
When the results of my spinal tumor biopsy results came back as benign, I sobbed out of relief. It was a grade II tumor, and the fact that it wasn’t malignant meant it wasn’t cancerous. Still, while not quite cancer, my life took a harsh, crippling turn, and I’ve been using a cane to help me […]
What to Wear When Everything Hurts
A fashion survival guide for flare-ups, fatigue, and sensory hell. Most days, the last thing I want to do is crawl out of bed and put together an outfit. I live with endometriosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and chronic nerve pain in my pelvis, lower back, and right leg. Ironically, fashion usually is my motivation to […]
How “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Became a Tool for Silencing Critics
This story is a collaboration between Cripple Media and Trend Friends. This just in: Minnesota Legislators are seeking to revise state law to include “Trump Derangement Syndrome”—dubbed TDS by President Trump and his fans—as a form of mental illness, according to The Hill. Introduced by five Republican state senators, including Justin Eichorn who was […]
Live Commentary for Blind Fans Debuts at Major Soccer Tournament
Blind and partially sighted fans will soon be able to follow every detail of a major international soccer tournament – live, in real time, and from inside the stadium. The service, called Audio-Descriptive Commentary (ADC), is being fully integrated at this level of global competition for the first time, marking a historic step forward […]
We Need Disability Unity Now: Rebuilding Our Future Together
A Message of Disability Unity Hey, are you disabled? If so, we need to talk. Steven Verdile is a disabled comedy writer and founder of The Squeaky Wheel, the first-ever satire publication focused on disability. He spoke with Cripple Media about something that isn’t so funny. American disabled people are facing an upcoming […]
Breaking Barriers: Kaylee Bays’ Triumph for Disability Representation on So You Think You Can Dance
In the realm of performing arts, individuals with disabilities often encounter barriers to showcasing their talents. Kaylee Bays, a dancer hailing from Los Angeles who performs on wheels, etched her name in history as the first wheelchair user on So You Think You Can Dance. Her poignant and deeply passionate jazz solo, set to Pink’s […]