The ADA is Not Enough: Why Disability Rights Should be Explicitly Included as a Civil Right
In Alabama, a young woman walks into the ER with severe COVID-19 symptoms. Doctors determine she needs to be placed on a ventilator. But, she eventually is not placed on a ventilator. The protocol used to arrive at this decision lists several health conditions such as heart disease, previous lung issues for which providers should […]
As a Disabled Person, Britney Spears’ Fight to End Her Conservatorship is All Too Familiar to Me
Cara Cunningham said it best when she cried out in her 2007 viral video, “Leave Britney alone!” which caused an outpour of media attention. Some thought Cunningham’s behavior was wild and outlandish but we would find out years later that she wasn’t so off-base. And unless you have been living under a rock, the world […]