I’m Not Ready to Take Off My Mask, And Why You Shouldn’t Be Either
Disabled, immunocompromised and those at high-risk for complications from COVID-19 have felt an unshakeable weight over the past 18 months. Watching our government fail, loudly and repeatedly concluding that we weren’t worth protecting has been a heartbreaking awakening. Society’s ableism has never been more clear to me than seeing it be explicitly debated whether people […]
Biden Says He Wants His Cabinet to ‘Look Like America’, but Hasn’t Nominated Any Disabled People
Newly inaugurated United States President Joe Biden says that he wants his Cabinet to “look like America.” Following this logic, disabled cabinet members should constitute at least 25% of Biden’s nominations. However, this isn’t the case. Even though more than 1 in 4 adults in the United States has some form of a disability; this […]